terk

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرْك (tark).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: terk

Noun

terk (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. refusal
    Synonyms: inkâr, red
  2. renunciation

Declension

Declension of terk
singular plural
nominative terk terkler
genitive terkniñ terklerniñ
dative terkke terklerge
accusative terkni terklerni
locative terkte terklerde
ablative terkten terklerden

References

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترك (terk), from Arabic تَرْك (tark), verbal noun of تَرَكَ (taraka, to leave, relinquish).

Noun

terk (definite accusative terki, plural terkler)

  1. leaving, abandoning; abandonment
  2. leaving undone
  3. refraining from
  4. renouncing

Derived terms

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “terk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ترك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 536
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN