گورك

See also: كورك‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

گورك • (gevrek)

  1. fragile, frail, brittle, friable
Derived terms
  • گوركلك‎ (gevreklik, “friability”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: gevrek

Etymology 2

Alternative forms
  • گرك‎ (gürk, gürük), گوروك‎ (gürk, gürük)

Noun

گورك • (gürk, gürük)

  1. beauty, pulchritude, pleasing features
Derived terms
  • گوركلو‎ (gürklü, “beautiful, fair”)
Usage notes

Marked already by Meninski 1680 as rarely in use and nearly obsolete.

Descendants
  • Turkish: körk

Etymology 3

Noun

گورك • (görek)

  1. view, how something looks from the outside, appearance

References
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كرك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 3922–3923
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “گورك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 4063–4064
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876), “كرك”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 745
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876), “گورك”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 769–770
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