اینك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish ایكك (iŋäk), from Proto-Turkic *ingek (“cow”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰛 (ingek), Azerbaijani inək, Chuvash ӗне (ĕne), Kyrgyz инек (inek), Tuvan инек (inek), Uyghur ئىنەك (inek) and Uyghur ئىنەك (inek).

Noun

اینك • (inek) (definite accusative اینكی (ineği), plural اینكلر (inekler))

  1. cow, an adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved, usually kept to produce milk
    Synonym: كاو (gav)
  2. (derogatory) cow, a woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered stupid or foolish

Derived terms

  • اینكجی (inekci, “cowherd, cow-keeper”)
  • اینكلك (ineklik, “stupidity”)
  • اینكلنمك (ineklenmek, “to become a cow”)
  • جاموس اینكی (camus ineği, “female buffalo”)
  • وفاسز دوست سوتسز اینك (vefâsız dost sütsüz inek, literally “a faithless friend (is like a) milkless cow”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: inek

Further reading

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