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Corpus of Old Turkic

𐰃𐰼𐰚𐰚

erkäk

Meaning:
male
Erdal (1991) suggests a derivation from erk (“young ram”) with the diminutive suffix -aq; compare oglak (‘kid’), the diminutive of ogul (‘child’), as an example of a reverse semantic shift.
Synonyms:
𐰼 [är]
Antonyms:
𐰶𐰃𐰕 [kız]

In modern languages (15 / 22)

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen erkek
Turkish (Azerbaijan) erkək
Turkish (Türkiye) erkek
Salar erkik
Gagauz erkek
Crimean erkek
Uyghur erkek
Uzbek erkak
Kazakh erkek
Nogai No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Siberian Tatar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kyrgyz erkek
Altai erkek
Alan No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kumyk No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Tatar irkäk
Bashkir irkäk
Tıva irgek
Khakas No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) irgex
Khalaj No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Chuvash No cognate has been entered for this language yet.

Examples

Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens

2

Biography of Xuánzàng

1

Translations

German:
Mann, männlich
Russian:
муж, мужчина, мужской
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
erkək
Turkish (Türkiye):
erkek
Turkmen:
erkek

Bibliography 4

  • Sergei Starostin, Anna Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003) Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages
  • Marcel Erdal (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation‎
    41
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
    223-224
  • M Räsänen, I Kecskeméti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen
    46