آشیق

Ottoman Turkish
آشیق

Alternative forms
  • آشق (aşık)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ašuk (“anklebone”); cognate with Azerbaijani aşıq, Crimean Tatar aşıq, Southern Altai ажык (ažïk), Tatar ашык (aşıq), Uyghur ئوشۇق (oshuq) and Uzbek oshiq.

Noun

آشیق • (aşık)

  1. anklebone, talus, astragalus, the bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the joint
    Synonym: طوپوق (topuk)
  2. dib, one of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep used by children in play

Derived terms
  • آشیق آتمق (aşık atmak, “to throw the bones as dice”)
  • آشیق اوینامق (aşık oynamak, “to play at bones or dibs”)
  • آشیق اویونی (aşık oyunu, “the game of dibs”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: aşık
  • → Albanian: ashik
  • → Armenian: աշըխ (ašəx)
  • → Bulgarian: аши́к (ašík)
  • → Macedonian: ашик (ašik)

Further reading
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