اشك

See also: اشک and أشك

Arabic

Verb

اُشْكُ • (ušku) (form I) /uʃ.ku/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of شَكَا (šakā)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (donkey).

    Noun

    اشك • (eşek) (definite accusative اشكی (eşeği), plural اشكلر (eşekler))

    1. donkey, ass a domesticated animal of the species Equus asinus asinus which is similar to a horse
      Synonyms: حمار (himar), خر (har), مركب (merkeb)
    2. (derogatory) donkey, ass, mule, jackass, jackaninny, a person considered silly, stupid, or obstinate
    Derived terms
    • اشك آریسی (eşek arısı, hornet)
    • اشك ایكولی (eşek eyeğülü, obstinate, perverse, literally donkey-ribbed)
    • اشك ایونی (eşek oyunu, prank, joke)
    • اشك بالغی (eşek balığı, stockfish)
    • اشك دكرمنی (eşek değirmeni, mill turned by an ass)
    • اشك دیكنی (eşek dikeni, cotton thistle)
    • اشك سولوكی (eşek sülüğü, horse-leech)
    • اشك سینكی (eşek sineği, gadfly)
    • اشك شقه‌سی (eşek şakası, prank, joke)
    • اشك قوردی (eşek kurdu, woodlouse)
    • اشك كنكری (eşek kengeri, carline thistle)
    • اشك مارولی (eşek marulu, sow thistle)
    • اشكجك (eşekcik, small donkey)
    • اشكجی (eşekci, donkey-driver)
    • اشكلك (eşeklik, asininity)
    • اوزون اشك (uzun eşek, leapfrog)
    • سینكی قولاغی (eşek kulağı, centaury)
    • یابان اشكی (yaban eşeği, onager)
    • یر اشكی (yer eşeği, woodlouse)
    Descendants
    • Turkish: eşek
    • Armenian: էշեկ (ēšek)
    • Bulgarian: ешѐк (ešèk)
    • Laz: ეშეღი (eşeği)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ѐшек
      Latin script: èšek
    • ? Sicilian: sceccu, xeccu
      • Italian: scecco

    Further reading

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Classical Persian اشک (ašk, tear), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Hácru.

      Noun

      اشك • (eşk) (definite accusative اشكی (eşki), plural اشكلر (eşkler))

      1. tear, teardrop, eyewater, a drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation
        Synonyms: دمع (demʼ), كوز یاشی (göz yaşı), یاش (yaş)
      Derived terms
      • اشك آلود (eşk alud, tearful, weeping)
      • اشك اولمق (eşk olmak, to cry, to shed tears)
      • اشك ریز (eşk riz, weeping, crying)
      • اشك شادی (eşk-i şadî, tears of joy)
      • اشكبار (eşkbâr, tearful, weeping)
      Descendants

      Further reading

      Etymology 3

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Noun

      اشك • (eşik) (definite accusative اشكی (eşiği), plural اشكلر (eşikler))

      1. alternative spelling of اشیك (eşik, threshold)

      Further reading