كوروك

Ottoman Turkish

كوروك

Alternative forms

• كورك (körük)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kȫrük (“bellows”); cognate with Azerbaijani körük, Bashkir күрек (kürek), Kyrgyz көөрүк (köörük), Nogai коьрик (körik), Southern Altai кӧрӱк (körük) and Yakut күөрт (küört).

Noun

كوروك • (körük)

1. bellows, a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity

   Synonyms: دمه (deme), كیر (kir), منفاخ (minfah)

2. soft top, hood, the foldable roof of a convertible or sports car which is made of fabric

Derived terms

• ال كوروكی (el körüğü, “hand bellows”)
• دمیرجی كوروكی (demirci körüğü, “blacksmith's bellows”)
• كوروكجی (körükcü, “maker or seller of bellows”)
• كوروكلتمك (körükletmek, “to make or let be blown with a bellows”)
• كوروكلمك (körüklemek, “to blow with a bellows”)
• كوروكلنمك (körüklenmek, “to be blown with a bellows”)
• كوروكلو (körüklü, “furnished with a bellows”)
• چالغی كوروكی (çalgı körüğü, “bellows of an organ”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: körük
• → Armenian: քորուք (kʻorukʻ)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “körük2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2795
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كوروك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 401a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوروك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1051
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Follis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 599
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كورك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4064
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “körük”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوروك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1589