ирӗк

Chuvash

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *erk (“authority; free will, independence”). Cognate with Bashkir and Tatar ирек (irek, “freedom, liberty”), Turkish erk (“power, force”), etc.

Noun

ирӗк • (irĕk) (plural ирӗксем) 

1. freedom
2. permission

Derived terms

• ирӗклӗ (irĕklĕ, “free”)
• ирӗксӗр (irĕksĕr, “unfree”)

Adjective

ирӗк • (irĕk)

1. free, unrestrained
2. abundant

Further reading

• “ирӗк”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.