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emlik

“emlik” is a Turkish word. Its 15 meanings in English:

noun

  1. suckling infant
  2. a postmature lamb or kid
  3. suckling animal offspring, suckling young
  4. newborn lamb or kid
  5. newborn lamb
  6. a lamb whose ewe died
  7. she-goats' first offsprings
  8. a premature lamb
  9. lambs and kids whose ewes and she-goats aren't milked for offsprings to be fed well
  10. a ewe that's lambed a postmature offspring
  11. a lamb born in summer
  12. ovicaprids that are specially fed
  13. milch ovicaprids earning a family livelihood
  14. a lamb or a kid
  15. the white fleshy part on the inside of the sappy pine bark that is peeled and sucked for medicinal purposes

Etymology

Syncopic form of emilik, from *emi (“udder”) + -lik․ Compare Old Turkic 𐰢𐰃𐰏 (emig, “udder”). Cognate with Azerbaijani əmlik (“suckling lamb”).

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