erken

See also: erkən

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch erkennen, from Middle Dutch erkennen. Equivalent to er- +‎ ken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛrˈkɛn/

Verb

erken (present erken, present participle erkennende, past participle erken)

1. (transitive) to acknowledge, to recognise

   Die taal was nog nie erken as amptelike taal nie.

   The language hadn't yet been recognised as an official language.

Derived terms

• erkenning
• erkentelik
• erkentenis

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

erken

1. inflection of erkennen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• keren, reken

Gagauz

Etymology

Old Anatolian Turkish اَرْكَنْ (erkän), from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄rken, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄r-. Compare Turkish erken, Azerbaijani erkən.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeɾcen/
• Hyphenation: er‧ken

Adjective

érken

1. early

   Erken Türkçä

   Early Turkic

   Erken Bronza Asiri

   Early Bronze Age

   Erken seçimnär günü

   Early election day

Adverb

érken

1. early

   erken uyumaa

   to sleep early

Derived terms

• erkenki

Related terms

• ergin
• erik
• erkek
• iiri
• -kenä

Further reading

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “erken”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 178
• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “erken”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 31
• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “erken”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 62

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اركن, ایركن, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *erken, which is a derivation of Proto-Turkic *er- (“to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æɾˈkæn/

• Audio:

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Adjective

erken

1. early

   Erken seçim 24 Haziran'da yapılacak. ― Early elections will be held on 24 June.

Antonyms

• geç

Adverb

erken

1. early

   Yaz erken geldi. ― Summer came early.