اوراق

Ottoman Turkish
اوراق

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *orgak (“sickle”), from *or- (“to reap”), the same root of اورامق‎ (oramak, “to reap”); cognate with Azerbaijani oraq, Bashkir ураҡ (uraq), Kazakh орақ (oraq), Kyrgyz орок (orok), Tatar урак (uraq), Turkmen orak, Uyghur ئورغاق‎ (orghaq) and Uzbek o'roq.

Noun

اوراق • (orak)

  1. sickle, a tool having a semicircular knife, used for cutting long grass
    Synonyms: داس‎ (das), منجل‎ (mincel)
  2. (by extension) harvest, the process of gathering the ripened crops
Derived terms
  • اوراق بوجكی‎ (orak böceği, “field cricket”)
  • اوراق قوشی‎ (orak kuşu, “great green bush-cricket”)
  • اوراق ماكینه‌سی‎ (orak makinesi, “harvester”)
  • اوراق وقتی‎ (orak vaktı, “harvest time”)
  • اوراقجی‎ (orakcı, “reaper”)
  • اوراقلتمق‎ (oraklatmak, “to make or let be reaped”)
  • اوراقلمق‎ (oraklamak, “to reap”)
  • اوراقلنمق‎ (oraklanmak, “to be reaped”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: orak

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْرَاق‎ (ʔawrāq), plural form of وَرَق‎ (waraq, “foliage, paper”).

Noun

اوراق • (evrak)

  1. plural of ورق‎ (varak, “leaf”):
    1. leaves of flowers or trees
    2. skins or folios of parchment
    3. sheets of paper
    4. papers, letters, documents
Derived terms
  • اوراق مخزنی‎ (evrak mahzeni, “archive”)
  • اوراق مدیری‎ (evrak müdürü, “keeper of archives”)
  • اوراق نقدیه‎ (evrak-ı nakdiye, “paper-money”)
  • اوراقجی‎ (evrakcı, “archivist”)
Descendants

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