azaski

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Laz აძაწკი (ażaǯǩi), აძანძგი (ażanżgi), აზჲატსკი (azyaťsǩi), from Russian азиа́тский (aziátskij, “Asian”).

Noun

azaski

1. (Artvin, Rize) men's black narrow knee-length boots made of soft leather, having a foldable, accordion-like section

   Hyponym: çizme

   Alternative forms: azıski (Trabzon), aceska (Ordu), acıska (Ordu), aceske (Ordu)

2. (Samsun) boot tree

References

• “azaski”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963, page 435b
• Artvinli, Taner (2022) “azaski”, in Artvin Etimoloji Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Istanbul: Telemak Kitap, →ISBN, page 77ab, derives from Laz and is unaware of the ultimate origin
• Öztürk, Özhan (2005) “aceska, acıska, aceske”, in Karadeniz: Ansiklopedik Sözlük [Black Sea: Encyclopaedic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 13a