ترک

See also: برگ‎, پرک‎, ترك‎, برك‎, برک‎, and ب ر ك‎

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic تَرْك‎ (tark).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taɾk/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /taɾk/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /tæɾk/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /taɾk/

Noun

Iranian Persian	ترک
Dari	ترک
Tajik	тарк (tark)

تَرک • (tark)

exit, leaving
quitting, abandoning, renouncing

Derived terms

ترک دادن‎ (tark dâdan)
ترک کردن‎ (tark kardan, “to exit”)

Etymology 2

From the verb ‎ (tarakidan, “to crack”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taˈɾak/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /taˈɾak/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /tæˈɾæk/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /taˈɾak/

Noun

Iranian Persian	ترک
Dari	ترک
Tajik	тарак (tarak)

تَرَک • (tarak)

crack, crevice

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (twlk' /Turk/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜‎ (t²ür²k̥).

Alternative forms

تورک‎

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tuɾk/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /tʊɾk/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /toɾk/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /tuɾk/

Noun

Iranian Persian	ترک
Dari	ترک
Tajik	турк (turk)

تُرک • (tork) (plural تُرکان‎ (torkân) or تُرک‌ها‎ (tork-hâ) or اتراک‎ (atrâk))

Turk
- late 14th century, Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, “اگر آن ترک شیرازی به دست آرد دل ما را‎ (Shirazi Turk)”, in دیوان حافظ‎ [Divān of Ḥāfeẓ]:
  ‏اگر آن ترک شیرازی به دست آرد دل ما را / به خال هندویش بخشم سمرقند و بخارا را‎
  agar ân tork-e širâzi be dast ârad del-e mâ-râ / be xâl-e hendu-yaš baxšam samarqand o boxârâ-râ
  If that Shirazi Turk accepts my heart in their hand, for their Indian mole (beauty spot) I will give Samarqand and Bukhara.

Derived terms

ترک چشم‎ (tork-čašm)
ترکستان‎ (torkestân)
ترکستانی‎ (torkestâni)
ترکی‎ (torki)
ترکیه‎ (torkiye)

Descendants

→ Byzantine Greek: Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos)
- Greek: Τούρκος (Toúrkos)
- → Medieval Latin: Turcus
  - → Old French: Turc
    - French: Turc
    - → Middle English: Turke, Turc, Turk
      - English: Turk
- ⇒ Medieval Latin: Turcia (see there for further descendants)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: तुर्क (turk)
- Urdu: تُرک‎ (turk)

Verb

Iranian Persian	ترک
Dari	ترک
Tajik	тарак (tarak)

ترک • (tarak)

present stem form of ‎ (tarakidan, “to crack”)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian ‎ (turk), or conversely through Chagatai.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊɾk/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊɾk/

Noun

تُرک • (turk) m or f (Hindi spelling तुर्क)

a Turkic person; a speaker of a Turkic language, or bearer of Turkic heritage
a Turkish person; a citizen of Turkey

Derived terms

تُرک چَشم‎ (turk-caśm, “striking eyes; warlike eyes; eyes of army men”)
تُرکِستان‎ (turkistān)
تُرکِستانِی‎ (turkistānī)
ترکی‎ (turkī)

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