قوراق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kūrïgak (“dry”); cognate with Chuvash хӑрӑк (hărăk), Kazakh құрғақ (qūrğaq), Kumyk къургъакъ (qurğaq) and Southern Altai кургак (kurgak).

Adjective

قوراق • (kurak) (comparative دخی قوراق (dahı kurak), superlative اك قوراق (eñ kurak))

  1. (of environments, weather, or climate) dry, arid, xeric, lacking humidity and water
    Synonym: چوراق (çorak)

Derived terms

  • قوراق ییل (kurak yıl, “year of drought”)
  • قوراقلق (kuraklık, “drought”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kurak

Further reading

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