# inek
## Gagauz
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish ایكك (iŋäk), from Proto-Turkic *ingek (“female animal, especially a cow”); compare Azerbaijani inək and Turkish inek.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /(j)iˈnec/
* Hyphenation: i‧nek

### Noun

inek (definite accusative inää, plural ineklär)
* (zoology) cow
    bir sürü ineka herd of cows
    aylä aaç kalmasın deyni onnara ineklerini verdihe gave the family his cows, so that they would not be hungry

#### Declension
### References

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

### Further reading

* Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “inek”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 85
* Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “inek”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 42
* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “инек”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 203

## Salar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ingek. Cognate with Turkish inek.

### Pronunciation

* (Jiezi, Gaizi, Mengda, Hanbahe, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Linxia, Gansu) IPA: /inex/
* (Jiezi, Gaizi, Baizhuang, Mengda, Xunhua, Ashinu, Hualong, Qinghai) IPA: /inix/
* (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA: /inækʰ/

### Noun

inek
* female cow

#### Related terms

* gölek
* dana
* sıqır

### References

* Yanchuk, Mikola Andriyovich (1893) Этнографическое ОбозрѢніе: Императорскаго Общества Любителей Естествознанія, Антропологіи и Этнографіи [Ethnographical Review: Imperial Society of Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Publication of the Ethnographic Department, page 32
* Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “inek”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 338
* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “inek”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 119
* Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “inek”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 119
* Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “inek”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 139
* 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “inek”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 263

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [iˈne̞c]
* Hyphenation: i‧nek

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اینك (inek, “cow”), from Proto-Turkic *in-gek (“cow”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰛 (ingek, “cow”), Karakhanid اِنكاكْ (ingek, “cow”), Tuvan инек (inek, “cow”).

#### Noun

inek (definite accusative ineği, plural inekler)
* (zoology) cow
* (slang) nerd, geek

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
inek
inekler
definite accusative
ineği
inekleri
dative
ineğe
ineklere
locative
inekte
ineklerde
ablative
inekten
ineklerden
genitive
ineğin
ineklerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
ineğim
ineklerim
2nd singular
ineğin
ineklerin
3rd singular
ineği
inekleri
1st plural
ineğimiz
ineklerimiz
2nd plural
ineğiniz
inekleriniz
3rd plural
inekleri
inekleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
ineğimi
ineklerimi
2nd singular
ineğini
ineklerini
3rd singular
ineğini
ineklerini
1st plural
ineğimizi
ineklerimizi
2nd plural
ineğinizi
ineklerinizi
3rd plural
ineklerini
ineklerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
ineğime
ineklerime
2nd singular
ineğine
ineklerine
3rd singular
ineğine
ineklerine
1st plural
ineğimize
ineklerimize
2nd plural
ineğinize
ineklerinize
3rd plural
ineklerine
ineklerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
ineğimde
ineklerimde
2nd singular
ineğinde
ineklerinde
3rd singular
ineğinde
ineklerinde
1st plural
ineğimizde
ineklerimizde
2nd plural
ineğinizde
ineklerinizde
3rd plural
ineklerinde
ineklerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
ineğimden
ineklerimden
2nd singular
ineğinden
ineklerinden
3rd singular
ineğinden
ineklerinden
1st plural
ineğimizden
ineklerimizden
2nd plural
ineğinizden
ineklerinizden
3rd plural
ineklerinden
ineklerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
ineğimin
ineklerimin
2nd singular
ineğinin
ineklerinin
3rd singular
ineğinin
ineklerinin
1st plural
ineğimizin
ineklerimizin
2nd plural
ineğinizin
ineklerinizin
3rd plural
ineklerinin
ineklerinin :

##### Derived terms

* denizineği
* inek yağı
* inekhane
* ineklemek
* inekleşmek
* inekli
* ineklik
* Macar ineği
* sağmal inek
* süt ineği

##### Further reading

* “inek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “inek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “inek”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

inek
* (colloquial) Synonym of inelim