terk
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ترك (terk), from Arabic تَرْك (tark), verbal noun of تَرَكَ (taraka, “to leave, relinquish”).
Noun
terk (definite accusative terki, plural terkler)
- leaving, abandoning; abadonment
- leaving undone
- refraining from
- renouncing
Derived terms
- terk etmek
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) , “terk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “ترك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 536
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN