Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from unattested Middle Persian *šōrag (salt lake).[1] Compare Persian شوره (šure) and Arabic شَوْرَج (šawraj).

Adjective

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چوراق (çorak)

  1. arid, bare

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: çorak

References

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  1. ^ Eren, Hasan (1999) “çorak”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi