donkey, ass · fool · in compounds meaning big, large
çekim: çoğul خرها
eş: الاغ, درازگوش
köken: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HMRA /xar/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hl /xar/, “donkey, ass”), from Proto-Iranian *xárah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras. The meaning of something large is presumed to be from the weight-measure خروار (xar-vâr), originally a donkey-load but later even too heavy for a donkey to carry.
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.
köken: Probably originally a transcription of Sanskrit मोह (moha, “folly”), used as a cant term among monks. However, Sanskrit पाक (pāka, “naïve, foolish”) is more similar phonetically and grammatically. Alternatively, may have arisen from the same root as Old Japanese 痴 (woko, modern oko, “stupidity, ridiculousness”). However, this theory is problematic phonologically, as the /b/ ↔ /w/ shift is…
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.
köken: Borrowed from French idiot, from Old French idiot, from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).
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).
donkey, ass · ass, cretin, idiot, dolt, blockhead, donkey (a slow-witted, inept person)
çekim: çoğul asinī · tamlayan asinī
eş: iūmentum, onager, onagrus
köken: Usually compared to Ancient Greek ὄνος (ónos) (which cannot be its direct ancestor), and, just like other IE words for "ass", must be traced back to an unknown substrate source in Asia Minor (compare Hieroglyphic Luwian [script needed] (tarkasna), Sumerian 𒀲 (anše)). The lack of rhotacism of the single intervocalic -s- after a short vowel would point to a recent borrowing.
aile: asellus, asina, asinārius, asinīnus, asinus ad lyram, asinus asinum fricat, asinus in tegulīs, asinusca, pōns asinōrum, quī asinum nōn potest, strātum caedit
Neque egō hominēs magis asinōs umquam vīdī[…]quōs quom feriās, tibi plūs noceās.
Quid tū autem huic, asine, auscultās?
Quid nunc tē, asine, litterās doceam? Nōn opus est verbīs, sed fustibus.
köken: From Proto-Slavic *osьlъ, from Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (asilus), from Latin asellus, diminutive of asinus. Compare Bulgarian осел (osel), Russian осёл (osjól), Serbo-Croatian о̏сао/ȍsao, Slovak osol.