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From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (emcek).[1] Ultimately a derivation of Proto-Turkic *em- (to suck), whence also əmmək (to suck) and əmizdirmək (to breastfeed). Cognate with Turkish emcik (breast), Turkmen emjek (breast, udder), Uzbek emchak (udder), Uyghur ئەمچەك (emchek, breast, udder), Chuvash ӗм (ĕm, to suck), etc.

  • IPA(key): /æmˈd͡ʒæk/
  • IPA(key): [æmˈd͡ʒæj], [æmˈd͡zæj]
  • Hyphenation: əm‧cək

əmcək (definite accusative əmcəyi, plural əmcəklər)

  1. udder
  2. female breast
    Synonyms: döş, məmə
  1. ^ Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâki (1934) “əmcək”, in Yunus Emre’de Öz Türkçe Kelimeler [Native Turkic words in Yunus Emre], volume 4