köken: Etymology tree Latin asinus Old French asne Middle French asne French âne Inherited from Middle French asne, from Old French asne, from Latin asinus.
aile: âne bâté, ânerie, ânesse, ânier, asinin, bander comme un âne, bonnet d'âne, concombre d'âne, coup de pied de l'âne, dos d'âne
köken: According to Fedotov and Yegorov, directly inherited from Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek (“donkey”), however Eren suggests that it should be considered a borrowing from Tatar ишәк (işäk, “donkey”) rather than direct inheritance.
person with moderate learning difficulties · idiot, moron, imbecile
çekim: çoğul βλάκες · tamlayan βλάκα
eş: χαζός, ανόητος, κουτός, κουτορνίθι, μπούφος
zıt: έξυπνος
köken: Inherited from Ancient Greek βλάξ (bláx, “soft”) from the accusative singular τὸν (tòn) βλάκα (bláka), from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”) (through *μλάξ [mláx] > *μβλάξ [mbláx]). Cognates include Latin mollis (“soft, mild”), Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdú, “soft, mild, weak”) and English mild.
donkey, ass (domestic animal) · a jackass (stupid person)
çekim: çoğul åsnor · tamlayan åsnas
köken: Etymology tree Latin asinus Old French asnebor. Old Norse asni Swedish åsna Inherited from Old Norse asni, borrowed from Old French asne, from Latin asinus.
donkey, ass (Equus asinus) · donkey, stupid person
çekim: çoğul aasit · tamlayan aasin
köken: Borrowed from Old Swedish asne or asni (Swedish åsna), from Old French asne, from Latin asinus. Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (output c. 1543–1552).
köken: From alteration of the earlier variant asîn or asân (used from the 16th to 18th centuries), itself from Latin asinus. Some writers in the 19th century attempted to revive it under a more Latinized form.