اشیك

Ottoman Turkish

اشیك

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ēĺük (door); cognate with Azerbaijani eşik, Bashkir ишек (işek), Chuvash алӑк (alăk), Kazakh есік (esık), Kyrgyz эшик (eşik), Turkmen eşik, Uyghur ئىشىك (ishik) and Uzbek eshik.

Noun

اشیك • (eşik)

  1. threshold, doorsill, doorstep, the lowermost part of a doorway
    Synonyms: آستانه (astane), عتبه (ʿatebe)
  2. (by extension) threshold, any entrance, end or boundary

Derived terms

  • آلت اشیك (alt eşik, lower lintel of a doorframe)
  • اشیك آغاسی (eşik ağası, lord chamberlain)
  • اوست اشیك (üst eşik, upper lintel of a doorframe)

Descendants

  • Turkish: eşik
  • Armenian: էշիկ (ēšik)

Further reading

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