eñgek

Salar

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Uyghur [script needed] (emgek). Cognate to Azerbaijani əmək, Turkish emek.

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [eŋkex]
• (Jishi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [eŋkix]
• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [æŋkæx]
• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [jeŋɡex], [enkex]
• (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [emɡix], [emkix]
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Hualong, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [enkʰix]

Noun

eñgek

1. (archaic) work, labor

   Synonym: iş

Adjective

eñgek

1. inconvenient, difficult, hard

Derived terms

• eñgeklik (“difficulty”)
• eñgek görgüsi (“to suffer; to toil, perform, perform labor”)
• eñgek görgüci (“worker”)
• eñgek etci (“Thank you!; Pardon!”)
• eñgeklengüsi (“to get hard”)

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “änkeči”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian)

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• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “eñgek”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 324-325
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “eŋgex”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[2], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 134
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “eñgek”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 50
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “enʼgex”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, pages 102-103
• Ölmez, Mehmet (2012 December) “Oğuzların En Doğudaki Kolu: Salırlar ve Dilleri [The Easternmost Branch of the Oghuzs: Salars and Their Language]”, in Türk Dili (in Turkish), volume CII, number 732, pages 38-43

• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “engix, enkix”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 294