yarak

English

Etymology

From Persian یارکی (yâraki, “power, strength, ability, boldness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (General American) /ˈja.ɹak/

Noun

yarak (uncountable)

1. (falconry) A super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.
   • 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter II, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):

     Kay began walking off in the wrong direction, raging in his heart because he knew that he had flown the bird when he was not properly in yarak, and the Wart had to shout after him the right way.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ياراق (yarak, “weapon”), from Old Turkic 𐰖𐰺𐰴 (yarak, “weapon”), from (yar-, “to split in two”) +‎ (-ak). Cognate with Chagatai یاراغ (yarağ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ,

Noun

yarak (definite accusative yarağı, plural yaraklar)

1. (vulgar) penis
2. (archaic) weapon

Declension

Synonyms

• sik

See also

• penis
• taşak
• pipi
• çük