ارك

See also: ارک

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian ارک (ark), variant of ارگ (arg, “citadel, fortress”).

Noun

ارك • (erk)

  1. citadel, a fortress that sits high above a city, often the abode of a prince or governor

Further reading
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Noun

ارك • (erük)

  1. Alternative spelling of اریك (erik, “plum”)

Further reading
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  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ارك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 23b
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ارك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 147
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ارك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 71
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