terk

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترك (terk), from Arabic تَرْك (tark), verbal noun of تَرَكَ (taraka, “to leave, relinquish”).

Noun

terk (definite accusative terki, plural terkler)

  1. leaving, abandoning; abandonment
  2. leaving undone
  3. refraining from
  4. renouncing

Derived terms

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “terk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ترك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 536
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.