امكك

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *emgek (“work, labour”). Cognate with Turkish emek etc...

Noun

اَمْكَكْ (emgek)

1. work, labour

   اَمْكَكْ اَكِنْدا قَلْماسْ ― Emgek egindē qalmās. ― The troubles doesn't stay in back.

References

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 110