tirk

Albanian

Etymology

Singular form of a more spread plural tirq, cognate to Romanian tureac (“top (of a boot)”), tureatcă. Either an old loanword from an East Germanic language, Gepid or Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌺𐍃 (*þiuhbrōks) (cf. Old High German theobroch (“gaiters”), English thigh, breeches),[1] via Late Latin tubrucus, or, a more probable theory, a derivative of tjerr.[2]

Noun

tirk m (plural tirqe, definite tirku, definite plural tirqet)

  1. long male trousers
  2. long male socks

Declension
Declension of tirk
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative tirk tirqe tirku tirqet
accusative tirkun
dative tirku tirqeve tirkut tirqevet
ablative tirqesh

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tirk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 456-457
  2. Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.182-183

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Turkish Türk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɪɾk/

Noun

tirk m or f (plural tirkan)

  1. Turk (person from Turkey)
  2. Turk (person of ethnic group)
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