اشك

See also: اشک and أشك

Arabic

Verb

اُشْكُ • (ušku) (form I) /uʃ.ku/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of شَكَا (šakā)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”); cognate with Azerbaijani eşşək, Bashkir ишәк (işək), Chuvash ашак (aš̬ak), Kazakh есек (esek), Kyrgyz эшек (eşek), Tatar ишәк (işäk), Turkmen eşek, Uyghur ئىشەق (isheq) and Uzbek eshak.

Noun

اشك • (eşek) (definite accusative اشكی (eşeği), plural اشكلر (eşekler))

  1. donkey, ass a domesticated animal of the species Equus asinus asinus which is similar to a horse
    Synonyms: حمار (himar), خر (har), مركب (merkeb)
  2. (derogatory) donkey, ass, mule, jackass, jackaninny, a person considered silly, stupid, or obstinate
Derived terms
  • اشك آریسی (eşek arısı, “hornet”)
  • اشك ایكولی (eşek eyeğülü, “obstinate, perverse”, literally “donkey-ribbed”)
  • اشك ایونی (eşek oyunu, “prank, joke”)
  • اشك بالغی (eşek balığı, “stockfish”)
  • اشك دكرمنی (eşek değirmeni, “mill turned by an ass”)
  • اشك دیكنی (eşek dikeni, “cotton thistle”)
  • اشك سولوكی (eşek sülüğü, “horse-leech”)
  • اشك سینكی (eşek sineği, “gadfly”)
  • اشك شقه‌سی (eşek şakası, “prank, joke”)
  • اشك قوردی (eşek kurdu, “woodlouse”)
  • اشك كنكری (eşek kengeri, “carline thistle”)
  • اشك مارولی (eşek marulu, “sow thistle”)
  • اشكجك (eşekcik, “small donkey”)
  • اشكجی (eşekci, “donkey-driver”)
  • اشكلك (eşeklik, “asininity”)
  • اوزون اشك (uzun eşek, “leapfrog”)
  • سینكی قولاغی (eşek kulağı, “centaury”)
  • یابان اشكی (yaban eşeği, “onager”)
  • یر اشكی (yer eşeği, “woodlouse”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: eşek
  • → Armenian: էշեկ (ēšek)
  • → Bulgarian: ешѐк (ešèk)
  • → Laz: ეშეღი (eşeği)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ѐшек
    Latin script: èšek
  • →? Sicilian: sceccu
    • → Italian: scecco

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian اشک (ašk, “tear”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Hácru.

Noun

اشك • (eşk) (definite accusative اشكی (eşki), plural اشكلر (eşkler))

  1. tear, teardrop, eyewater, a drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation
    Synonyms: دمع (demʼ), كوز یاشی (göz yaşı), یاش (yaş)
Derived terms
  • اشك آلود (eşk alud, “tearful, weeping”)
  • اشك اولمق (eşk olmak, “to cry, to shed tears”)
  • اشك ریز (eşk riz, “weeping, crying”)
  • اشك شادی (eşk-i şadî, “tears of joy”)
  • اشكبار (eşkbâr, “tearful, weeping”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: eşk

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