ezker

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Basque

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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ezker (comparative ezkerrago, superlative ezkerren, excessive ezkerregi)

  1. left-handed
  2. left

Declension

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Descendants

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Noun

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ezker inan

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  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

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  • ezker”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • ezker”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005