یلكن

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yẹlken.

cognates

Cognate with Bashkir елкән (yelkən), Kazakh желкен (jelken), Kumyk елкен (yelken), Tatar җилкән (cilkän), Turkmen ýelken, Uyghur يەلكەن (yelken) and Uzbek yelkan.

Noun

یلكن • (yẹlken) (definite accusative یلكنی (yẹlkeni), plural یلكنلر (yẹlkenler))

  1. (nautical) sail
  2. (nautical) sailship

Derived terms

  • یلكن آلتنه آلمق (yẹlken altına almaq, “to conquer”)
  • یلكن دوزمك (yẹlken düzmek, “to sail”)
  • یلكن قورمق (yẹlken qurmaq, “to sail”)
  • یل (yẹl, “wind”)
  • یلپزه (yẹlpeze, “fan”)
  • یلپیك (yẹlpik, “asthma”)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: yelkən
  • Gagauz: elken
  • Ottoman Turkish: یلكن (yelken) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “yilken”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 759
  • “yelken altına almak”, in 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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یلكن (yẹlken), from Proto-Turkic *yẹlken (“sail”).

cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani yelkən, Bashkir елкән (yelkən), Kazakh желкен (jelken), Kumyk елкен (yelken), Tatar җилкән (cilkän), Turkmen ýelken, Uyghur يەلكەن (yelken) and Uzbek yelkan.

Noun

یلكن • (yelken) (definite accusative یلكنی (yelkeni), plural یلكنلر (yelkenler))

  1. (nautical) sail
    Synonyms: بادبان (badban), شراع (şirâʼ)

Derived terms

  • یان یلكن (yan yelken, “trysail”)
  • یلكن آچمق (yelken açmak, “to set sail”)
  • یلكن بزی (yelken bezi, “sailcloth”)
  • یلكن كمیسی (yelken gemisi, “sailing ship”)
  • یلكن كورك (yelken kürek, “at full speed”, literally “sail and oar”)
  • یلكنجی (yelkenci, “sailmaker”)
  • یلكنلمك (yelkenlemek, “to go along under sail”)
  • یلكنلو (yelkenli, “furnished with sails”)
  • یلكنی صویه ایندرمك (yelkeni suya indirmek, “to humble one's self”)

Descendants

Further reading

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