elken

== Dutch == === Determiner === elken (archaic) inflection of elke: masculine accusative/dative singular neuter dative singular dative plural == Gagauz == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یَلْكَنْ (yẹlken), from Proto-Turkic *yẹlken (“sail”); compare Azerbaijani yelkən and Turkish yelken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jelˈcen/ Hyphenation: yel‧ken === Noun === elken (definite accusative elkeni, plural elkennär) (nautical) sail ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “елкен”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 175