ورك

See also: ورگ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root و ر ك (w-r-k). Compare Hebrew יָרֵךְ (yārēḵ, thigh).

Noun

وَرِك or وِرْك or وَرْك • (warik or wirk or wark) f (plural أَوْرَاك (ʔawrāk))

  1. hip, thigh
  2. hipbone, ischium
  3. knotty part of a branch

Declension

Derived terms

  • وَرَكِيّ (warakiyy)

Verb

وَرَكَ • (waraka) I, non-past يَرِكُ‎ (yariku)

  1. to recumb with the hips

Conjugation

Verb

وَرَّكَ • (warraka) II, non-past يُوَرِّكُ‎ (yuwarriku)

  1. to put around the hip

Conjugation

Noun

وُرُك • (wuruk) pl

  1. plural of وِرَاك (wirāk, part of the saddle into which a horseman puts his foot to climb onto the horse, fulfilling the function of a stirrup)

Adjective

وُرْك • (wurk) m pl

  1. plural of أَوْرَك (ʔawrak, having great thighs)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “ورك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 458
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ورك”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1524
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ورك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1209

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَرَك (warak, hip, hipbone).

Noun

ورك • (verek) (plural اوراك (evrak))

  1. hip, either of the two outward-projecting parts of the pelvis
    Synonyms: قالچه (kalça), كفل (kefel)
  2. hip bone, one of two bones forming the side of the pelvis

Derived terms

  • وركی (vereki, ischial)

Descendants

  • Turkish: verek

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وِرْك (wirk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wirk/, [wɪrk]
  • (file)

Noun

ورك • (wirk) m (plural أوراك (ʾawrāk) or وراك (wrāk))

  1. hip
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