یرتیق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• یرتق (yırtık)

Etymology

From the same root as modern Turkish yırtmak.

Adjective

یرتیق • (yırtık)

1. torn, rent, ragged
2. (of a woman) abandoned; adulterous, immodest

Related terms

• پرتیق (pırtık)

Descendants

• Turkish: yırtık

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یرتیق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1351
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یرتق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2201