erkək

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Azerbaijani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹr-kek.[1] Cognate with Turkish erkek.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

erkək

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

Descendants[edit]

  • Lezgi: эркек (èrkek)

References[edit]

  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

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