صارق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from a development of Proto-Turkic *saru- (to wind around), the same root of صارمق (sarmak, to wind, wrap), زار (zar, wrapping, envelope) and صارغی (sargı, anything wound or wrapped).

Noun

صارق • (sarık) (definite accusative صارغی (sarığı), plural صارقلر (sarıklar))

  1. turban, a man's headdress made by winding a length of muslin round the head
    Synonyms: چالمه (çalma), دستار (destar), عمامه (ʼimâme)

Derived terms

  • بورمه صارق (burma sarık, turban with coiled folds)
  • صارغی بورمه (sarığı burma, kind of dessert in the shape of a turban)
  • صارق اوجی (sarık ucu, the pendulous end of a turban)
  • صارق اوطه (sarık oda, turban placed on stools)
  • صارق دلبندی (sarık dülbendi, muslin for a turban)
  • صارق صارمق (sarık sarmak, to make up a turban)
  • صارق صالمق (sarık salmak, to make signals)
  • صارقجی (sarıkcı, maker or seller of turbans)
  • صارقلق (sarıklık, tissue used in making turbans)
  • صارقلو (sarıklı, turbaned)
  • طارطغان صارق (dardağan sarık, turban with the folds irregularly wound)
  • عرف صارغی (ʼörf sarığı, turban with the folds irregularly wound)
  • قاوق صارغی (kavuk sarığı, muslin wrapped about a caouk hat)
  • قلاوی صارغی (kalavı sarığı, turban shaped like a sugarloaf)
  • مجوزه صارغی (mücevveze sarığı, turban worn by hugh functionaries)
  • پوشو صارغی (puşu sarığı, old form of turban worn by Sultans)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sarık
  • Albanian: sarëk
  • Armenian: սարըխ (sarəx)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: сарук
    Latin script: saruk

Further reading