كورك
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كورك
كورك
Arabic
Noun
كُورِك • (kūrik) m (plural كُورِكَات (kūrikāt))
- alternative spelling of كُورِيك (kūrīk)
Declension
Declension of noun كُورِك (kūrik)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | كُورِك kūrik |
الْكُورِك al-kūrik |
كُورِك kūrik |
| Nominative | كُورِكٌ kūrikun |
الْكُورِكُ al-kūriku |
كُورِكُ kūriku |
| Accusative | كُورِكًا kūrikan |
الْكُورِكَ al-kūrika |
كُورِكَ kūrika |
| Genitive | كُورِكٍ kūrikin |
الْكُورِكِ al-kūriki |
كُورِكِ kūriki |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | كُورِكَيْن kūrikayn |
الْكُورِكَيْن al-kūrikayn |
كُورِكَيْ kūrikay |
| Nominative | كُورِكَانِ kūrikāni |
الْكُورِكَانِ al-kūrikāni |
كُورِكَا kūrikā |
| Accusative | كُورِكَيْنِ kūrikayni |
الْكُورِكَيْنِ al-kūrikayni |
كُورِكَيْ kūrikay |
| Genitive | كُورِكَيْنِ kūrikayni |
الْكُورِكَيْنِ al-kūrikayni |
كُورِكَيْ kūrikay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | كُورِكَات kūrikāt |
الْكُورِكَات al-kūrikāt |
كُورِكَات kūrikāt |
| Nominative | كُورِكَاتٌ kūrikātun |
الْكُورِكَاتُ al-kūrikātu |
كُورِكَاتُ kūrikātu |
| Accusative | كُورِكَاتٍ kūrikātin |
الْكُورِكَاتِ al-kūrikāti |
كُورِكَاتِ kūrikāti |
| Genitive | كُورِكَاتٍ kūrikātin |
الْكُورِكَاتِ al-kūrikāti |
كُورِكَاتِ kūrikāti |
Ottoman Turkish
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Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kürgek (“shovel”), a development of *küre- (“to rake”), whence كوره‌مك (küremek, “to rake”). Cognate with Azerbaijani kürək, Bashkir көрәк (körək), Kazakh күрек (kürek), Kyrgyz күрөк (kürök), Uzbek kurak and Yakut күрдьэх (kürjeq).
Alternative forms
Noun
كورك • (kürek)
- shovel, hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material
- spade, a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging
- oar, paddle, a type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade and a handle
- Synonym: مجداف (micdaf)
- (figuratively) hard labour, drudgery, toil, exhausting, menial, and tedious work
- ♠, spades, one of the four suits in card- and boardgames
- Synonym: ماچه (maça)
Coordinate terms
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| قوپه (kupa) | اوریا (orya) | ماچه (maça), كورك (kürek) | اسپاتی (ispati), سیڭك (siñek) |
Derived terms
- كورك جزاسی (kürek cezası, “punishment of the galleys”)
- كورك كمیكی (kürek kemiği, “shoulder blade”)
- كورك چكمك (kürek çekmek, “to row”)
- كوركچی (kürekçi, “oarsman, rower”)
Descendants
- Turkish: kürek
- → Albanian: qyrek
- → Arabic: كُورِيك (kūrīk), كُرِيك (kurīk), كُورِك (kūrik)
- → Armenian: քյուրեկ (kʻyurek)
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kürek1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2902
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كورك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 400a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كورك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1049
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Pala”, 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 1233
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كورك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4063
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kürek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كورك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1586
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kürk (“fur, pelt”); cognate with Azerbaijani kürk.
Alternative forms
- كرك (kürk)
Noun
كورك • (kürk)
- fur, pelt, the hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- fur, hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans
- fur coat, an outer garment for the upper body made of fur
- Synonym: فروه (ferve)
Derived terms
- ایچ كوركی (iç kürkü, “light fur garment”)
- سمور كوركی (samur kürkü, “sable fur”)
- قاقم كوركی (kakım kürkü, “ermine fur”)
- كورك صرچه‌سی (kürk sırçası, “white fluff in a fur”)
- كورك گیدرمك (kürk giydirmek, “to make or let a fur be worn”)
- كوركجی (kürkcü, “furrier”)
- كوركلمك (kürklemek, “to line with fur”)
- كوركلو (kürklü, “coated with fur”)
Descendants
- Turkish: kürk
- → Albanian: qyrk
- → Arabic: كُرْك (kurk)
- → Armenian: քուրք (kʻurkʻ)
- → Aromanian: ḱúrcu
- → Bulgarian: кюрк (kjurk)
- → Georgian: ქურქი (kurki)
- → Macedonian: ќурк (ḱurk)
- → Romanian: chiurec
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kürk1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2904
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كورك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 400a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كورك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1049
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Pellicea vestis”, 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 1261
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كورك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 4063-4064
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kürk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كورك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1586
Etymology 3
From گورمك (gevremek, “to become crisp, fragile”).
Adjective
گورك • (gevrek)
Derived terms
- گوركلك (gevreklik, “friability”)
Descendants
Etymology 4
Cognate to Uzbek koʻrk (“beauty, pulchritude”).
Alternative forms
Noun
گورك • (gürk, gürük)
Usage notes
Marked already by Meninski 1680 as rarely in use and nearly obsolete.
Derived terms
- گوركلو (gürklü, “beautiful, fair”)
Descendants
- Turkish: körk
Etymology 5
Noun
گورك • (görek)
- view, how something looks from the outside, appearance
Etymology 6
Noun
كورك • (körük)
- Alternative spelling of كوروك (körük, “bellows”)
Further reading
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- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كورك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4064
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كورك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1587
References
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كرك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 3922–3923
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كورك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 4063–4064
- Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “كرك”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 745
- Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “كورك”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 769–770