ایرك

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iriŋ (pus);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani irin, Bashkir эрен (eren), Kazakh ірің (ırıñ), Khakas ірінъ (ìrìnʺ), Kyrgyz ириң (iriŋ), Turkmen iriň, Tuvan ириң (iriñ), Uyghur يىرىڭ (yiring) and Uzbek yiring.

Noun

ایرك (iriñ)

  1. pus, a whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria
    Synonyms: جراحات (cerahat), چرك (çirk)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: irin
  • Armenian: իրին (irin)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “iriŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 233

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