# ayak
## Gagauz
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آیَاقْ (ayaq), from Proto-Turkic *adak (“foot”);compare Azerbaijani ayaq and Turkish ayak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑˈjɑk/
* Hyphenation: a‧yak

### Noun

ayak (definite accusative ayaa or ayakı, plural ayaklar)
* (anatomy) foot
* leg
* stand, footrest
* walk

#### Derived terms

* ayak kabı (“shoe”)
* ayakça (“on foot, by foot”)
* ayaklamaa (“to kick”)
* ayaklı (“having foot”)
* ayaksız (“footless”)

### References

* ↑ András Rajki, A Concise Gagauz Dictionary with etymologies and Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen cognates, 2007
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ayak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “айак”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 31
* Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “ayak”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 13
* Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “ayak”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 21

## Inupiaq
### Noun

ayak
* post, pillar
* A harpoon used for whaling.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayak, or alternatively from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qayag.

### Noun

ayak (Jawi spelling ايق, plural ayak-ayak, informal 1st possessive ayakku, 2nd possessive ayakmu, 3rd possessive ayaknya)
* sifter, sieve

### Verb

ayak (Jawi spelling ايق)
* to sift, to sieve
    Synonym: tapis

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* pengayak [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* pengayakan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* ayakan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* mengayak [agent focus] (meN-)
* diayak [patient focus] (di-)
* terayak [agentless action] (teR-)
* berayak [stative / habitual] (beR-)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: ayak

### Further reading

* “ayak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑˈjɑk]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧yak

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آیاق (ayak, “foot”), from earlier *aδaq, from Proto-Turkic *adak (“foot”).

#### Noun

ayak (definite accusative ayağı, plural ayaklar)
* (anatomy) foot
* (architecture) pillar, tower
** 2022 February 14, “1915 Çanakkale Köprüsü’nde asfaltlama çalışmaları tamamlandı”, in Hurriyet:Dünyanın en büyük asma köprüsü unvanına da sahip olan köprünün ayakları 318 metrelik yüksekliğiyle 18 Mart Çanakkale Deniz Zaferi’ni simgeliyor.The towers of the bridge, which also holds the title of the world's largest suspension bridge, symbolize the March 18 Çanakkale Naval Victory with their height of 318 meters.

##### Related terms

* ayaklı
* ayaklık
* ayaksız
* ayaklanmak

##### See also

* but

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ańak (“vessel, cup”)

#### Noun

ayak (definite accusative ayağı, plural ayaklar)
* (dialectal) bowl, vessel
* (dialectal) glass
* (dialectal) goblet
* (dialectal) coffee table