امجیك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • امجك (emcek)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *emček (“breast; nipple”), a development of *em- (“to suck”). Cognate with Azerbaijani əmcək, Bashkir имсәк (imsək), Kazakh емшек (emşek), Kyrgyz эмчек (emcek), Salar emcük, Southern Altai эмчек (emček), Turkmen emjek, Uyghur ئەمچەك (emchek) and Uzbek emchak.

Noun

امجیك • (emcik) (definite accusative امجیكی (emciği), plural امجیكلر (emcikler))

  1. teat, nipple, dug, the projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted
    Synonyms: حلمه (hâleme), خلف (hilf)

Derived terms

  • امجیك باشی (emcik başı, “the outer end of a teat”)
  • امزرمك (emzirmek, “to suckle”)
  • امزیك (emzik, “spout”)
  • اممك (emmek, “to suck”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: emcik

Further reading

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