Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish ترك (terk), from Arabic تَرْك (tark), verbal noun of تَرَكَ (taraka, to leave, relinquish).

Noun edit

terk (definite accusative terki, plural terkler)

  1. leaving, abandoning; abandonment
  2. leaving undone
  3. refraining from
  4. renouncing

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “terk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ترك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 536
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN