erkək

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹrkek ~ *hẹrkek (male).[1] Cognate with Turkish erkek.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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erkək

  1. male (animal of masculine sex)
    Antonym: dişi

Descendants

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  • Lezgi: эркек (èrkek)

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹr-kek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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