esen

See also: Esen and əsən

Middle English

Alternative forms

• esien, eisen, aisen

Etymology

From Old French aaisier, aesier (“to ease”) (cf. eise (“ease”)). Compare obsolete French aiser (“to get comfortable”).

Verb

esen (third-person singular simple present eseth, present participle esende, esynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle esed)

1. to comfort (provide comfort, make comfortable)
2. to accommodate (a guest)
   • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 28–29:

     The chambres and the stables weren wyde, / And wel we weren esed atte beste;

     The rooms and stables spacious were and wide, / And well we there were accommodated, and of the best.

3. to ease (relieve from pain, anxiety, a burden, etc.)

Descendants

• English: ease
• Scots: ease

References

• “ēsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اسن (esen, “healthy, well, sound”), from Proto-Common Turkic *esen.

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (esän, “healthy”); Tatar исән (isän, “healthy”), Bashkir иҫән (iśən, “safe, sound”), Kyrgyz эсен (esen, “safe, sound”), Kumyk эсен (esen, “safe, sound”), Southern Altai эзен (ezen, “healthy”), Khakas изен (izen, “healthy”), Uzbek eson (“healthy”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈsɛn/
• Hyphenation: e‧sen

Adjective

esen

1. healthy, sound

   Synonym: sağ

Declension

Predicative forms of esen

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	esenim	esen miyim?
sen (you are)	esensin	esen misin?
o (he/she/it is)	esen / esendir	esen mi?
biz (we are)	eseniz	esen miyiz?
siz (you are)	esensiniz	esen misiniz?
onlar (they are)	esen(ler)	esen(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	esendim	esen miydim?
sen (you were)	esendin	esen miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	esendi	esen miydi?
biz (we were)	esendik	esen miydik?
siz (you were)	esendiniz	esen miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	esendiler	esen miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	esenmişim	esen miymişim?
sen (you were)	esenmişsin	esen miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	esenmiş	esen miymiş?
biz (we were)	esenmişiz	esen miymişiz?
siz (you were)	esenmişsiniz	esen miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	esenmişler	esen miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	esensem	esen miysem?
sen (if you)	esensen	esen miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	esense	esen miyse?
biz (if we)	esensek	esen miysek?
siz (if you)	esenseniz	esen miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	esenseler	esen miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

• esen kalmak
• esenlemek
• esenleşmek
• esenlik
• esenlikler
• esenlikli

Further reading

• “esen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “esen”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı