اركن

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄rken (early), a derivation from *ẹ̄r- (to be).[1][2]

Alternative forms

Adjective

اِرْكَنْ • (érken)

  1. early

Adverb

اِرْكَنْ • (érken)

  1. early
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: erkən
  • Gagauz: erken
  • Ottoman Turkish: اركن (erken)

Further reading

  • XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977, page 257
  • Boeschoten, Hendrik (2022) A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.169), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 58
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “erken2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1471

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *erŋgen (celibate, unmarried, single),[3] further etymology uncertain; may be a derivation from the root *ēr (man), another explanation suggests a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄r-,[4] or possibly a contraction of *eringen, from the verb *erin- (to be lazy). Cognate with Karakhanid ارنكان (erŋgen).

Noun

اَرْكَنْ • (ergen)

  1. bachelor, celibate man
Descendants

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ergen1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1464
  • Boeschoten, Hendrik (2022) “ärgän”, in A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.169), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 59
  • “ergen”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977, page 259

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “erken”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “erken”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 224
  3. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “erŋe:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 235
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ergen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اَرْكَنْ (érken), Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄rken (early), a derivation from *ẹ̄r (early) and thus related to ایرته (erte, tomorrow). Cognate with Azerbaijani erkən and Turkmen irki.

Adjective

اركن • (erken)

  1. early
    Synonyms: باكر (bakir), زود (zud)

Adverb

اركن • (erken)

  1. early
Derived terms
  • اركنجه (erkence, somewhat early)
  • اركنجی (erkenci, early riser)
  • اركنلتمك (erkenletmek, to make happen early)
  • اركنلك (erkenlik, earliness)
  • اركنلمك (erkenlemek, to be early)
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اَرْكَنْ (ergen), from Proto-Turkic *erŋgen see Old Anatolian Turkish اَرْكَنْ (ergen) for more.

Adjective

اركن • (ergen)

  1. (of a man) celibate, unmarried, single, unwed
    Synonyms: بكار (bekâr), عزب (ʼazeb), مجرد (mücerred)
Derived terms
  • اركنلك (ergenlik, celibacy, bachelorship)
Descendants

Further reading