هرك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Greek χαράκιον (charákion), diminutive of Ancient Greek χάραξ (khárax, “pole, vine prop, pointed stake”).

Noun

هرك • (herek) (definite accusative هركی (hereği), plural هركلر (herekler))

  1. (agriculture) stake or pole used to support grapevines in a vineyard and to prevent them from leaning to the ground
  2. (agriculture) temporary platform made of wooden planks used in spreading and drying raisins, tobacco-leaves, etc.

Derived terms

  • هرك ایتمك (herek etmek, “to prop a vine”)
  • هركلمك (hereklemek, “to prop a vine”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: herek

Further reading

click to expand
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.