Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

بركیتمك (berkitmek)

  1. to harden, strengthen
  2. to fasten

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • (obsolete, dialectal) Turkish: berkitmek

References edit

  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