esen

See also: èṡen, Esen, and əsən

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French aaisier, aesier (to ease) (cf. eise (ease)). Compare obsolete French aiser (to get comfortable).

Verb

esen (third-person singular simple present eseth, present participle esende, esynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle esed)

  1. to comfort (provide comfort, make comfortable)
  2. to accommodate (a guest)
    • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 28–29:
      The chambres and the stables weren wyde, / And wel we weren esed atte beste;
      The rooms and stables spacious were and wide, / And well we there were accommodated, and of the best.
  3. to ease (relieve from pain, anxiety, a burden, etc.)

Descendants

  • English: ease
  • Scots: ease

References

Tuareg

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-sen. Distantly related to Proto-Semitic *šinn-.

Noun

esen m (plural isenăn)

  1. (Tamasheq, Tamahaq) tooth

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اسن (esen, healthy, well, sound), from Proto-Common Turkic *esen.

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (esän, healthy); Tatar исән (isän, healthy), Bashkir иҫән (iśən, safe, sound), Kyrgyz эсен (esen, safe, sound), Kumyk эсен (esen, safe, sound), Southern Altai эзен (ezen, healthy), Khakas изен (izen, healthy), Uzbek eson (healthy), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈsɛn/
  • Hyphenation: e‧sen

Adjective

esen

  1. healthy, sound
    Synonym: sağ

Declension

Predicative forms of esen
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) esenim esen miyim?
sen (you are) esensin esen misin?
o (he/she/it is) esen / esendir esen mi?
biz (we are) eseniz esen miyiz?
siz (you are) esensiniz esen misiniz?
onlar (they are) esen(ler) esen(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) esendim esen miydim?
sen (you were) esendin esen miydin?
o (he/she/it was) esendi esen miydi?
biz (we were) esendik esen miydik?
siz (you were) esendiniz esen miydiniz?
onlar (they were) esendiler esen miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) esenmişim esen miymişim?
sen (you were) esenmişsin esen miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) esenmiş esen miymiş?
biz (we were) esenmişiz esen miymişiz?
siz (you were) esenmişsiniz esen miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) esenmişler esen miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) esensem esen miysem?
sen (if you) esensen esen miysen?
o (if he/she/it) esense esen miyse?
biz (if we) esensek esen miysek?
siz (if you) esenseniz esen miyseniz?
onlar (if they) esenseler esen miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

Further reading