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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persian ارک (ark), variant of ارگ (arg, “citadel, fortress”).
Noun
ارك • (erk)
- citadel, a fortress that sits high above a city, often the abode of a prince or governor
Further reading
Etymology 2
Noun
ارك • (erük)
- Alternative spelling of اریك (erik, “plum”)
Further reading
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ارك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 23b
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ارك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 147
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ارك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 71