اشكك

See also: أشكك

Arabic

Verb

اُشْكُكْ • (uškuk) (form I) /uʃ.kuk/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of شَكَّ (šakka)

Karakhanid

Alternative forms

• اَشْيَكْ (ešyek) (Oghuz)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”). Possibly related to اَشْماكْ (ešmēk, “to amble”). Cognate with Turkish eşek and Bashkir ишәк (işək).

Noun

اَشْكَكْ (ešgek)

1. donkey

Descendants

• Chagatai: ايشاک
  • Uyghur: ئىشەق (isheq)
  • Uzbek: eshak

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “eşgek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 260

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 111