bürçək

Borrowed from Azerbaijani birçək, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bür- (“twirl”).

• IPA^(key): /byɾt͡ʃæk/

bürçək (definite accusative bürçəkü, plural bürçəklər)

1. forelock

   Synonyms: çârt, fokul, kâkul, qıl, saç, tö̂l, zulf

2. sidelock

   Synonyms: qıl, saç, təygûş, tö̂l, tü̂k, zulf

3. lock, curl

   Synonyms: tö̂l, zulf

The (related) words for "hair", while seemingly synonymous with each other, actually appear to be so due to their highly variable and confusing distribution among the Khalaj people. However, the precise meanings of these words can be determined.

• tü̂k: "hair", collectively
• qıl: "a single hair", "body hair"
• saç: "long hair" (of women)
• kâkul, bürçək: "forelock"
• fokul: "headscarf"
• çârt: "bangs"
• tö̂l: "lock"
• zulf: "sidelock"
• təygûş: "hair around the ear"

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN