турак

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• turak — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Process of emergence of -ак (-ak) uncertain. Given the (chiefly) West and East Slavic cognates that also end in the diminutive suffix (Czech, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene Turek, Russian and Ukrainian ту́рок (túrok)), likely inherited from Proto-Slavic *turъkъ, back-formed from plural *turъci or *turъky, ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تركی (türkî, “Turkic; Turk”), which was re-analyzed in Slavic as ending in *-ъci or *-ъky, plural forms of *-ъkъ. Doublet of цюрк (cjurk, “Turkic person”), in which the front vowel -ü- is "retained".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈturak]

Noun

ту́рак • (túrak) m pers (genitive ту́рка, nominative plural ту́ркі, genitive plural ту́ркаў, feminine турча́нка, relational adjective турэ́цкі)

1. a Turk (male person from Turkey or of Turkish descent)

   ён ту́рак ― jon túrak ― he is a Turk

Declension

Declension of ту́рак (pr velar masc-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	ту́рак túrak	ту́ркі túrki
genitive	ту́рка túrka	ту́ркаў túrkaŭ
dative	ту́рку túrku	ту́ркам túrkam
accusative	ту́рка túrka	ту́ркаў túrkaŭ
instrumental	ту́ркам túrkam	ту́ркамі túrkami
locative	ту́рку túrku	ту́рках túrkax
count form	—	ту́ркі1 túrki1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Related terms

• Ту́рцыя (Túrcyja)
• турча́нка (turčánka)
• турэ́цкі (turécki)

Further reading

• “турак”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “турак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org