ترک

ترک (plural ترک-ترک‎ or ترک۲‎, informal 1st possessive ترککو‎, 2nd possessive ترکمو‎, 3rd possessive ترکڽ‎)

1. Jawi spelling of trak

Borrowed from Arabic تَرْك‎ (tark).

تَرک • (tark)

1. exit, leaving
2. quitting, abandoning, renouncing

From the verb ترکیدن‎ (tarakidan, “to crack”).

تَرَک • (tarak)

1. crack, crevice
2. present stem form of ترکیدن‎ (tarakidan, “to crack”)

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (twlk' /⁠Turk⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜‎ (t²ür²k̥).

• تورک‎

تُرک • (tork) (plural تُرکان‎ (torkân) or تُرک‌ها‎ (tork-hâ) or اتراک‎ (atrâk))

1. Turk
   • late 14th century, Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, “اگر آن ترک شیرازی به دست آرد دل ما را‎ (Shirazi Turk)”, in دیوان حافظ‎:

     ‏اگر آن ترک شیرازی به دست آرد دل ما را / به خال هندویش بخشم سمرقند و بخارا را‎

     agar ân tork-e širâzi be dast ârad del-e mâ-râ / be xâl-e hendu-yaš baxšam samarqand o boxârâ-râ

     If that Shirazi Turk accepts my heart in their hand, for their Indian mole (beauty spot) I will give Samarqand and Bukhara.

• → Byzantine Greek: Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos)
  • Greek: Τούρκος (Toúrkos)
  • → Medieval Latin: Turcus
    • → Old French: Turc
      • French: Turc
      • → Middle English: Turke, Turc, Turk
        • English: Turk
  • ⇒ Medieval Latin: Turcia (see there for further descendants)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: तुर्क (turk)
  • Urdu: تُرک‎ (turk)

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ᵊɾək.kə̆/, [t̪ᵊɾɐk.kə̆]

تْرَکّ • (trakk) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਰੱਕ)

1. mess, dump

   Synonym: کِھلارا‎ (khilārā)

2. (literally) decomposed or burnt leftovers

• “%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%95”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

From Classical Persian تُرک‎ (turk), or conversely through Chagatai.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊɾk/

تُرک • (turk) m or f (Hindi spelling तुर्क)

1. a Turkic person; a speaker of a Turkic language, or bearer of Turkic heritage
2. a Turkish person; a citizen of Turkey