aksak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آغساق (aġsak, that droops on one side, lopsided, that limps in walking)[1], from Ottoman Turkish آغسامق (aġsamak, to droop and limp when walking), from Proto-Turkic *agsa-[2], possibly from *ak- (to flow) + *-sa- (suffix deriving desiderative verbs)[3][4], morphologically ak- + -sa + -k.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akˈsak/
  • Hyphenation: ak‧sak

Adjective

aksak

  1. Lame, slightly limping.
    Synonym: topal
  2. (figuratively) Not going or working properly; malfunctioning.

Declension

Derived terms

  • aksaklık

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), آغساق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 150
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *agsa-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *iak-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), aksa-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • aksak in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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