ezker

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *ezker (left [hand]).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /es̻ker/, [e̞s̻.ke̞r]

Adjective

ezker (comparative ezkerrago, superlative ezkerren, excessive ezkerregi)

  1. left-handed
  2. left

Declension

Descendants

Noun

ezker inan

  1. left (hand)
  2. left (side)
  3. (politics) left, left-wing

Declension

Derived terms

  • ezkerralde (left side)
  • ezkertiar (leftist)

References

  1. Trask, R. L. (1997) A Dictionary of Basque, Falmer: University of Sussex, →ISBN, pages 20, 189
  • Gorka Aulestia, Basque–English Dictionary (1989)
  • Gorka Aulestia, Linda White, Basque–English, English–Basque Dictionary (1992)

Further reading

  • "ezker" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • ezker” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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