ویركی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • ویركو (vergü)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bērgü (“something which ought to be, or is, given”),[1] a derivation from *bēr- (“to give”), whence ویرمك (vermek, “to give”). Cognate with Azerbaijani vergi and Crimean Tatar vergi.

Noun

ویركی • (vergi) (definite accusative ویركیی (vergiyi), plural ویركیلر (vergiler))

  1. tax, impost, tribute, a compulsory financial charge or levy imposed by the government
    Synonym: خراج (harac)
  2. generosity, munificence, liberality, largesse, willingness to donate money or resources
    Synonyms: جومردلك (cömerdlik), سماحت (semahat)

Derived terms

  • ویركی ویرمك (vergi vermek, “to pay a tax”)
  • ویركیلی (vergili, “generous, munificent”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: vergi
  • → Albanian: vergji
  • → Armenian: վէրկի (vērki), վերգի (vergi)
  • → Ubykh: уергьы (wergʲə)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bé:rġü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 362

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