صیریق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïruk (“pole, rod”);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani sırıq and Turkmen syryk (“pole”).

Noun

صیریق • (sırık) (definite accusative صیریغی (sırığı), plural صیریقلر (sırıklar))

  1. pole, spar, staff, a long and slender piece of wood, used for various support purposes
    Synonym: كوندر (günder, gönder)

Derived terms

  • صیریق حمالی (sırık hamalı, “porter”)
  • صیریقلامق (sırıklamak, “to carry with a pole”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sırık
  • → Albanian: sërëk
  • → Armenian: սըռըխ (səṙəx)

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sïruk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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