یدك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

According to Nishanyan, from Proto-Turkic *yẹ̄tgek (“saddlebag, bundle”), a derivation from *yẹ̄t- (“to tow”), whence یدمك (yedmek, “to tow, lead, tug”); on the other hand, Clauson suggests a derivation from an original root *yẹ̄tek,^[1] rather than a secondary formation from the verb. Cognate with Azerbaijani yedək.

Adjective

یدك • (yedek)

towed, led, tugged, that has been pulled using a rope, chain, or halter
spare, stored and set aside for possible future use or for an emergency

Noun

یدك • (yedek) (definite accusative یدكی (yedeği), plural یدكلر (yedekler))

whole hide used as a receptacle for butter, tallow, or other products
towing, leading, the act by which something is towed by a rein or halter
reserve beast led on a journey or a ship, boat, or other watercraft in tow

Derived terms

یدك آتی (yedek atı, “spare horse”)
یدك ایپی (yedek ipi, “towline”)
یدكجی (yedekci, “man who leads a spare horse”)
یدكدش (yedekdaş, “mate, consort”)
یدكلو (yedekli, “in lead, in tow”)
یدكه آلمق (yedeğe almak, “to take in tow”)
یدكه بینمك (yedeğe binmek, “to mount one's spare horse”)
یدكه ویرمك (yedeğe virmek, “to make or let be towed”)

Descendants

Turkish: yedek
→ Persian: یدکی (yadaki)
→ Romanian: edec
→ Serbo-Croatian: jèdek, јѐдек

References

^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yé:tek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 884

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yedek1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5268
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “یدك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 505a
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یدك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1349
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Parhyppus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1242
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یدك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 5564
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yedek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یدك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2199

[1] Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yé:tek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 884

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