emlik

Turkish

Etymology

Syncopic form of emilik, from *emi (“udder”) +‎ -lik․ Compare Old Turkic 𐰢𐰃𐰏 (emig, “udder”). Cognate with Azerbaijani əmlik (“suckling lamb”).

Noun

emlik (definite accusative emliği, plural emlikler)

1. (dialectal) suckling infant
2. (dialectal) a postmature lamb or kid
3. (dialectal, Isparta, Denizli, Eskişehir, Kastamonu, Samsun, Amasya, Tokat, Tunceli, Malatya, Maraş, Gaziantep, Hatay, Sivas, Ankara, Kayseri, Niğde, Konya, İçel) suckling animal offspring, suckling young
4. (dialectal, Çorum, Malatya, Sivas, Maraş, Konya) newborn lamb or kid
5. (dialectal, Hatay, Adana, İçel) newborn lamb
6. (dialectal, Isparta, Çankırı) a lamb whose ewe died
7. (dialectal, Maraş) she-goats' first offsprings
8. (dialectal, Afyonkarahisar, Çankırı, Erzincan, Ankara, Sivas) a premature lamb
9. (dialectal, Konya) lambs and kids whose ewes and she-goats aren't milked for offsprings to be fed well
10. (dialectal, Konya) a ewe that's lambed a postmature offspring
11. (dialectal, Sivas) a lamb born in summer
12. (dialectal, Antalya) ovicaprids that are specially fed
13. (dialectal, Antalya) milch ovicaprids earning a family livelihood
14. (dialectal, Afyonkarahisar) a lamb or a kid
15. (dialectal, Çorum) the white fleshy part on the inside of the sappy pine bark that is peeled and sucked for medicinal purposes

References

• “emlik”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982