Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From برك (berk), from Proto-Turkic *berk (mighty).[1]

Verb

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بركیتمك (berkitmek)

  1. to harden, strengthen
  2. to fasten
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Descendants

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  • (obsolete, dialectal) Turkish: berkitmek

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*berk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill