sırık
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish صیریق (sırık), from Proto-Turkic *sïruk (“pole, rod”). Cognate with Azerbaijani sırıq and Turkmen syryk (“pole”).
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: sı‧rık
Noun
editsırık (definite accusative sırığı, plural sırıklar)
- pole, a long and slender piece of wood, used for various construction or support purposes
- pole, an implement used for pole-vaulting, now usually made of glassfiber or carbon fiber
Declension
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editFurther reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sırık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4212
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sırık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük