Ilk

Adjective

 * 1)  The same.

Noun

 * 1) A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
 * 2) * 1906 — Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, Ch. 25
 * “Hinkydink” or “Bathhouse John,” or others of that ilk, were proprietors of the most notorious dives in Chicago...

Synonyms

 * kind
 * likes
 * sort
 * type

Derived terms

 * of that ilk

Thesaurus
blood, body-build, brand, breed, cast, character, characteristic, characteristics, clan, color, complexion, composition, constituents, constitution, crasis, denomination, description, designation, dharma, diathesis, disposition, ethos, feather, fiber, form, frame, genius, genre, genus, grain, habit, hue, humor, humors, kidney, kin, kind, label, line, lot, make, makeup, manner, mark, mold, nature, number, persuasion, phylum, physique, property, quality, race, shape, somatotype, sort, species, spirit, stamp, strain, streak, stripe, style, suchness, system, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, the like of, the likes of, tone, tribe, type, variety, vein, way

Alternative forms

 * ilke

Etymology
From ilke: <  ilca:, from, a compound of  and  from the noun.

The sense of “type”, “kind” is from the application of the phrase ‘of that ilk:’ to families: the word thus came to mean ‘family:’.

Adjective

 * 1) The same.

Etymology 1
From the ilca:, from, a compound of  and  from the noun.

Cognate to English ilk:.

Etymology 2
From ylk:, iwilk:, from  gehwylc:, equivalent to. Merged with Northern ylc:. More at.

Determiner

 * 1)  each; every

Adjective
ilk


 * 1) first

Synonyms

 * birinci

Adverb
ilk


 * 1) first

Etymology
From ilk, ilki, from.