چوراق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from unattested Middle Persian *šōrag (“salt lake”).[1] Compare Persian شوره (šure) and Arabic شَوْرَج (šawraj).

Adjective

چوراق • (çorak) (comparative دخی چوراق (dahı çorak), superlative اك چوراق (eñ çorak))

  1. salsuginous, brackish, salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water
    Synonym: آجی (acı)
  2. (of environments, weather, or climate) dry, arid, xeric, lacking humidity and water
    Synonym: قوراق (kurak)
  3. (of places) barren, waste, infertile, desert, of poor fertility, not producing vegetation
    Synonyms: قیراچ (kıraç), قیصیر (kısır)

Derived terms

  • چوراق یر (çorak yer, “salsuginous place”)
  • چوراقلق (çoraklık, “aridity, barrenness”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çorak

References

  1. ^ Eren, Hasan (1999) “çorak”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi

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