берік

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic بەرىك
Cyrillic берік
Latin berık

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *berk (“mighty”). Cognate with Turkish berk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /berɘk/, [bʲeɾɘ̆k]

Adjective

берік • (berık)

  1. strong, durable, firm
    Synonyms: бекем (bekem), мызғымас (myzğymas), мықты (myqty)
  2. hardy, sturdy, endurant

References

  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, page 116
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