خرقه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِرْقَة (ḵirqa, “rags, tatters”).

Noun

خرقه • (hırka) (plural خرق (hırak))

1. rag, tatter, a piece of old cloth, generally used for cleaning, patching, etc.

   Synonym: پاچاوره (paçavra)

2. the simple, but thick coat or cloak typically worn by dervishes that has become a symbol
3. kind of thick, wadded and quilted jacket or coat worn by men under their robes

Descendants

• Turkish: hırka
• → Armenian: խրխա (xrxa), խռխա (xṙxa)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hırka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1951
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “hırka”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 433
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خرقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 537
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Panniculus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1237
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “خرقه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 1884
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hırka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خرقه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 840

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic خِرْقَة (ḵirqa, “rags, tatters”).

Pronunciation

Noun

خرقه • (xerqe)

1. mantle; cloak; habit (usually of a dervish or saint, especially one ragged from asceticism)