چورك

See also: چورک and چؤرک

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *čörek (“a round loaf of bread”); cognate with Azerbaijani çörək, Karakhanid جُرَكْ (čörek), Kumyk чёрек (çörek) and Turkmen çörek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃø.ˈɾɛc/

Noun

چورك • (çörek) (definite accusative چوركی (çöreği), plural چوركلر (çörekler))

  1. çörek, a kind of sweetened, flat bread or loaf, a sort of bun

Derived terms

  • قاتمر چورك (katmer çörek, “flaky sweet bun”)
  • قاقرداق چورك (kakırdak çörek, “kind of sweet bun”)
  • قندیل چوركی (kandil çöreği, “lamp-shaped sweet bun”)
  • چورك اوتی (çörek otu, “black caraway”)
  • چورك ایتمك (çörek etmek, “to make into a cake or bun”)
  • چوركجی (çörekci, “cörek dealer”)
  • چوركخانه (çörekhâne, “royal bakery”)
  • چوركلك (çöreklik, “bakery where buns are made”)
  • چوركلنمك (çöreklenmek, “to wreathe, coil up”)
  • یاغلو چورك (yağlı çörek, “sweetened bun with butter”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çörek
  • → Armenian: չյորեկ / չէօրէկ (čʻyorek), չորակ (čʻorak)
  • → Greek: τσουρέκι (tsouréki)
  • → Romanian: ciurec

Further reading

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