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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *yürek. Cognate to Kumyk юрек (yurek), etc.
Noun
yürek
- heart
References
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish یورك (yürek), from Proto-Turkic *yürek, *yür- (“heart; courage”).
Maybe related to Proto-Mongolic *jirüken (“heart”), whence Mongolian зүрх (zürx) and Daur jurgw. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Cognate with Azerbaijani ürək, Turkmen ýürek, Old Turkic (yürek), Ladino yurek.
Pronunciation
Noun
yürek (definite accusative yüreği, plural yürekler)
- heart
- (idiomatic) courage
Declension
References
- Tokat, Feyza (2014) “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi), volume 7, number 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.
- Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation), Utrecht: LOT