چوروك

See also: چوروک

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čirik (“rotten”), a development of *čẹr (“rot; disease”), whence چورومك (çürümek, “to rot, to decay”). Cognate with Azerbaijani çürük, Bashkir серек (serek), Kazakh шірік (şırık), Kyrgyz чирик (cirik), Southern Altai чирик (čirik), Tatar черек (çerek), Uyghur چىرىك (chirik) and Uzbek chirik.

Adjective

چوروك • (çürük)

  1. rotten, spoilt, sare, frush, decayed, no longer usable or edible
    Synonym: بوزوق (bozuk)
  2. unsound, defective, faulty, presenting one or more defects or faults
  3. bruised, discoloured, ecchymosed, covered with bruises or ecchymosis
  4. (of a soldier) invalided and discharged for being unfit for active duty
  5. (of money) irrecoverable, sunk, incapable of being recovered

Derived terms

  • ایپ چوروك (ip çürük, “one who cannot be depended on”)
  • چوروك سوز (çürük söz, “worthless word”)
  • چوروك چیقمق (çürük çıkmak, “to turn out rotten”)
  • چوروكلك (çürüklük, “rottenness”)
  • چوروكه چیقارمق (çürüğe çıkarmak, “to discharge an invalid soldier”)
  • چوروكه چیقمق (çürüğe çıkmak, “to be discharged as invalided”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çürük
  • → Albanian: çyryk, çuruk, çirik
  • → Arabic:
    Egypt: شُرُك (šuruk, “phony; unfit”)
    Iraq: شُرُك (šuruk, “rotten, bad”)
    Syria: شُرُك (šuruk, “damaged”)
  • → Armenian: չիւրիւկ (čʻiwriwk), չուռուկ (čʻuṙuk), չուրուկ (čʻuruk)
  • → Bulgarian: чуру́к (čurúk)
  • → Georgian: ჩურუქი (čuruki), ჩურუქა (čuruka)
  • → Laz: ჩურუღი (çuruği), ჭურუღი (ç̌uruği) — only for the proper noun, Vizha
  • → Pontic Greek: τσουρούκης (tsouroúkis)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: чу̀рук
    Latin script: čùruk

Further reading

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