اوراق

Ottoman Turkish

اوراق

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *orgak (sickle), from *or- (to reap), the same root of اورامق (oramak, to reap); cognate with Azerbaijani oraq, Bashkir ураҡ (uraq), Kazakh орақ (oraq), Kyrgyz орок (orok), Tatar урак (uraq), Turkmen orak, Uyghur ئورغاق (orghaq) and Uzbek o'roq.

Noun

اوراق • (orak)

  1. sickle, a tool having a semicircular knife, used for cutting long grass
    Synonyms: داس (das), منجل (mincel)
  2. (by extension) harvest, the process of gathering the ripened crops
Derived terms
  • اوراق بوجكی (orak böceği, field cricket)
  • اوراق قوشی (orak kuşu, great green bush-cricket)
  • اوراق ماكینه‌سی (orak makinesi, harvester)
  • اوراق وقتی (orak vaktı, harvest time)
  • اوراقجی (orakcı, reaper)
  • اوراقلتمق (oraklatmak, to make or let be reaped)
  • اوراقلمق (oraklamak, to reap)
  • اوراقلنمق (oraklanmak, to be reaped)
Descendants
  • Turkish: orak
  • Armenian: (Constantinople) օռախ (ōṙax), (Nor Nakhichevan) օրախ (ōrax)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْرَاق (ʔawrāq), plural form of وَرَق (waraq, foliage, paper).

Noun

اوراق • (evrak)

  1. plural of ورق (varak, leaf):
    1. leaves of flowers or trees
    2. skins or folios of parchment
    3. sheets of paper
    4. papers, letters, documents
Derived terms
  • اوراق مخزنی (evrak mahzeni, archive)
  • اوراق مدیری (evrak müdürü, keeper of archives)
  • اوراق نقدیه (evrak-ı nakdiye, paper-money)
  • اوراقجی (evrakcı, archivist)
Descendants

Further reading

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