اتك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *etek (lap, edge of cloth); cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (etek), Azerbaijani ətək, Bashkir итәк (itək), Kazakh етек (etek), Khakas идек (idek), Turkmen etek, Uyghur ئېتەك (ëtek) and Uzbek etak.

Noun

اتك • (etek)

  1. skirt, the part of a dress or robe that hangs below the waist
    Synonyms: دامن (daman), ذیل (zeyl)
  2. (figuratively) foot of a mountain, the lower part of a mountain
    Synonyms: راغ (rağ), یاقه (yaka)

Derived terms

  • اتكلك (eteklik, material for a skirt)
  • اتكلمك (eteklemek, to kiss the skirt)
  • اتكلو (etekli, furnished with a skirt)

Descendants

  • Turkish: etek
  • Armenian: էթեկ (ētʻek), էթաք (ētʻakʻ)

Further reading

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