کرک

Cognate Tamil கரை (karai, “shore”), Elamite (šarit, “shore”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

کَرَّک (karrak)

1. bank, shore

• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1293”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

کرک (kërk)

1. chicken
2. hen

A Turkic borrowing, equivalent to Ottoman Turkish كورك (kürk, “fur”).

• کلک (kolk)

کرک • (kork) (plural کرک‌ها (kork-hâ))

1. fur, down hair

From Middle Persian . This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

کرک • (karak) (plural کرک‌ها (karak-hâ))

1. quail

   Synonyms: بلدرچین (belderčin), بدبده (badbade)

From Middle Persian (/⁠kark⁠/); cognate with Khotanese kṛṅga- (“cock”), Mazanderani کرک (kërk), Gilaki کرک (kark, kərk, “hen”), etc.

کرک • (kark) (plural کرک‌ها (kark-hâ))

1. hen

   Synonym: مرغ (morğ)

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کرک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کرک”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 189
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کرک”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 819

کرک (kark)

1. crowd

   Synonym: اجدھام (ajdhām)