əmək

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic әмәк
Roman əmək
Perso-Arabic امک

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *emge- (bother, worry, pains)[1]. Cognate with Turkish emek (labour, toil)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [æˈmæk], [æˈmæj]

Noun

əmək (definite accusative əməyi, plural əməklər)

  1. labour, work
    Synonym:

Declension

Derived terms

  • əmək haqqı (wage, salary)
  • əməkdaş (employee)

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *emge-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *Emgek-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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