یدك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

According to Nishanyan, from Proto-Turkic *yẹ̄tgek (“saddlebag, bundle”), a derivation from *yẹ̄t- (“to tow”), whence یدمك (yedmek, “to tow, lead, tug”); on the other hand, Clauson suggests a derivation from an original root *yẹ̄tek, rather than a secondary formation from the verb. Cognate with Azerbaijani yedək.

Adjective

یدك • (yedek)

1. towed, led, tugged, that has been pulled using a rope, chain, or halter
2. spare, stored and set aside for possible future use or for an emergency

Noun

یدك • (yedek) (definite accusative یدكی (yedeği), plural یدكلر (yedekler))

1. whole hide used as a receptacle for butter, tallow, or other products
2. towing, leading, the act by which something is towed by a rein or halter
3. reserve beast led on a journey or a ship, boat, or other watercraft in tow

Derived terms

• یدك آتی (yedek atı, “spare horse”)
• یدك ایپی (yedek ipi, “towline”)
• یدكجی (yedekci, “man who leads a spare horse”)
• یدكدش (yedekdaş, “mate, consort”)
• یدكلو (yedekli, “in lead, in tow”)
• یدكه آلمق (yedeğe almak, “to take in tow”)
• یدكه بینمك (yedeğe binmek, “to mount one's spare horse”)
• یدكه ویرمك (yedeğe virmek, “to make or let be towed”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: yedek
• → Persian: یدکی (yadaki)
• → Romanian: edec
• → Serbo-Croatian: jèdek, јѐдек

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yedek1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5268
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “یدك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 505a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یدك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1349
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Parhyppus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1242
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یدك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 5564
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yedek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یدك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2199