erke (dial.) 3
1 coquetry 2 cockering, endearment 3 cockered, beloved 4 entertainment , joke
Proto-Turkic: *er-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *p`ĕ̀ro
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: 1 кокетство 2 баловство, ласка 3 избалованный, любимый 4 забава, шутка
Turkic: *er-
Mongolian: *(h)eɣe-re- ( < *here-re-?)
Tungus-Manchu: *per-
Korean: *pắrá-
Japanese: *pǝr-
Comments: VEWT 48, ЭСТЯ 1, 296-297, 300-301, TMN 2, 181-182. The root is widely spread, although unattested in older sources; its relationship to *eriĺ- 'contest' (suggested in ЭСТЯ 297) is dubious.
Turkish: erke (dial.) 3
Tatar: irkä 3, (dial.) irmäk 4
Middle Turkic: erke 1, 2, 3 (Abush., Pav. C.)
Uzbek: erkä 1, 3, ermak 4
Uighur: ärkä 3, ermäk 4
Azerbaidzhan: ärkä (dial.) 2, 3
Turkmen: ermek 4 (dial.)
Khakassian: irkä 3
Shor: erke 3, erbek 4
Oyrat: erke 3, ermek, erbek 4
Chuvash: jǝrgǝn `wriggler, trickster' (Ashm.)
Yakut: erke 2
Tuva: erɣe 2
Kirghiz: erke 3, ermek 4
Kazakh: erke 3, ermek 4
Noghai: erke 3
Bashkir: irkä 3, irmäk 4
Balkar: erke 3
Karakalpak: erke 3, ermek 4
Kumyk: erke 3