kırk

Gagauz

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish (kırk, “forty”), from Proto-Turkic *kïrk (“forty”).

Numeral

kırk

1. forty

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قرق (kırk, “forty; many”), from Old Anatolian Turkish (kırk, “forty”), from Proto-Turkic *kïrk (“forty”).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

kırk

1. forty (in idiomatic expressions it often relates to an unspecified number)

Derived terms

• (idiomatic expressions)
• kırk kere (sordu) (asked for) umpteen;untold times)
• kırk dereden su getirmek (make all kinds of excuses, literally “carry water from forty different creeks”)
• kılı kırk yarma (finicalness; split hairs)
• kırk yıllık kani olur mu yani (you can not teach an old dog a new trick)
• yalancı kırk yılda bir doğru söylese de inanan olmaz (liar is not believed even when he tells the truth)
• kırk yılda bir (once in a blue moon)
• kırk yıl düşünsem aklıma gelmezdi (beat all, not even in one's wildest dreams) (for better or worse)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قرق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 954