terk

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرْك (tark).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: terk

Noun

terk (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. refusal

   Synonyms: inkâr, red

2. renunciation

Declension

Declension of terk

	singular	plural
nominative	terk	terkler
genitive	terkniñ	terklerniñ
dative	terkke	terklerge
accusative	terkni	terklerni
locative	terkte	terklerde
ablative	terkten	terklerden

References

• “terk”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

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)

1. leaving, abandoning; abandonment
2. leaving undone
3. refraining from
4. renouncing

Derived terms

• terk etmek

Related terms

• mütareke

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
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN