цюрк

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *türi- (lineage, ancestry), likely via Ottoman Turkish ترك (türk). Compare Russian and Ukrainian тюрк (tjurk). Doublet of турак (turak), possibly an inherited form from Proto-Slavic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sʲurk]

Noun

цюрк • (cjurkm inan (genitive цю́рка, nominative plural цю́ркі, genitive plural цю́ркаў, female equivalent цюрча́нка, relational adjective цю́ркскі)

  1. Turk (member of the ethnolinguistic community which speaks Turkic languages)

Declension

Turkic
  • цюркало́гія (cjurkalóhija)
  • цюркі́зм (cjurkízm)
  • цюрко́лаг (cjurkólah)
  • цю́ркскі (cjúrkski)
  • цюрча́нка (cjurčánka)
Turkish

References

  • цюрк”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • цюрк” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org