terk
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)
- leaving, abandoning; abandonment
- leaving undone
- refraining from
- 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