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Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian furca and/or Italian forca, both from Latin furca.
Pronunciation
Noun
forka f (plural forok)
- gallows, gibbet
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Laz ჶორკა (forǩa).
Noun
forka (Rize, Artvin)
- dress
References
- Öztürk, Özhan (2005) “forka”, in Karadeniz: Ansiklopedik Sözlük [Black Sea: Encyclopaedic Dictionary] (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 393a
- Salman, Fikri (2007) “Günümüzde Rize ve civarında görülen geleneksel giysiler [Traditional clothes of Rize and its environment]”, in Güzel Sanatlar Enstitüsü Dergisi (in Turkish), volume 19, Erzurum, page 186 of 177–202