ارك

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *erk.

اَرْكْ (ʾark /erk/)

1. authority

• Chagatai: [script needed] (érk)
  • Uzbek: erk
  • Uyghur: ئەرك (erk)

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 43
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “erk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 220

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫrk, from Proto-Turkic *ȫr-.

اُرْكْ (ʾurk /örk/)

1. tether

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 43
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “örk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 221

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *irk

اِرْكْ (ʾirk /irk/)

1. four year old ram

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 43
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “irk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 220-221

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *erük.

اَرُكْ (ʾeruk /erük/)

1. any fruit or tree of the genus Prunus; such as plums, peaches etc.

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 69
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “erük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 222

Disputed. Cognate with Old Anatolian Turkish ارك (ʾrk, “tough, hard”)

اِرِكْ (ʾirik /ẹrik^?, irig^?/)

1. tough, solid

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 71
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “irig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 222

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹrük.

اَرُكْ (ʾaruk /erük, ẹrük^?/)

1. tanning material

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 70
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “erük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 222

From اُورْماكْ (/⁠ȫrmek⁠/)

اُرُكْ (ʾuruk /örük/)

1. woven
2. knit
3. braided

   اُرُكْ سَجْ ― ʾuruk sač /örük sač/ ― braided hair

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 69
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “örük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 223

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *örüg.

اُرُكْ (ʾuruk /örüg, örük^?/)

1. rest, repose

   سُو اُونْ كُونْ اُرُكْ بُلْدٖی

   sū ʾūn kūn ʾuruk buldī

   /sü ōn kǖn örüg boldï/

   the man rested for ten days

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 69
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “örüg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 222

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *erk.

ارك • (erk) (definite accusative اركی (erki), plural اركلر (erkler))

1. authority; power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.

• Azerbaijani: ərk
• Turkish: (dialectal) erk

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 259
• “erk”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

Borrowed from Classical Persian ارک (ark), variant of ارگ (arg, “citadel, fortress”).

ارك • (erk)

1. citadel, a fortress that sits high above a city, often the abode of a prince or governor

• Azerbaijani: ərk
• Ottoman Turkish: ارك (erk)

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 258

Cognate with Karakhanid ارك.

ارك • (ʾrk)

1. tough, hard, solid

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “erk”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 269

Persian ارک (ark), variant of ارگ (arg, “citadel, fortress”).

ارك • (erk)

1. citadel, a fortress that sits high above a city, often the abode of a prince or governor

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ارك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 69
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ارك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 71

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ارك • (erik, erük)

1. alternative spelling of اریك (erik, “plum”)

• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ارك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[4], Vienna: F. Beck, page 23b
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ارك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 147
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ارك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 71