سركی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ser- (“to endure, be patient; to spread”), equivalent to سرمك (ser-) +‎ ـكی (-gi). The first sense, something spread out, is the original.

Noun

سركی • (sergi)

1. anything spread out on the ground: mat, carpet, etc.
2. storefront; display, exhibition (of goods)

Related terms

• سرمك (sermek)

Descendants

• Turkish: sergi
• → Armenian: սէրկի (sērki)
• → Romanian: sârghie

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “sergi”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سركی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 675
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sergi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük