yürek

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yürek. Cognate of Kumyk юрек (yurek), Turkish yürek, etc.

• Hyphenation: yü‧rek

yürek

1. heart
2. courage

• https://classes.ru/all-crtatar/dictionary-crtatar-russian-cyr-term-14321.htm
• “yürek”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یورك (yürek), from Proto-Turkic *yürek, *yür- (“heart; courage”). Cognate of Old Turkic [script needed] (yürek), Azerbaijani ürək, Turkmen ýürek, Kazakh жүрек (jürek), etc.

• IPA^(key): /jyˈɾec/

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• Hyphenation: yü‧rek

yürek (definite accusative yüreği, plural yürekler)

1. heart

   Synonym: kalp

   • 2013, “Yürek”, in Darmaduman, performed by Duman:

     Ah, kimin için atıyor bu yürek? / Söyle, kimin için atıyor bu yürek?

     Ah, for whom does this heart beat? / Tell me, for whom does this heart beat?

2. (idiomatic) courage

   Synonym: cesaret

• yürek is never used in anatomical or medical contexts; kalp is reserved for that meaning.

• Tokat, Feyza (2014) “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi)‎^[1], volume 7, number 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.
• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[2], Utrecht: LOT