قیراك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قیراق (kırak)

Etymology

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Noun

قیراك • (kırañ)

1. (hydrology) an edge of river, lake, or sea; coast, shore, riverbank, seaside, riverside

   Synonym: قیی (kıyı)

2. edge, border

   Synonyms: قیی (kıyı), اوچ (uç)

3. vicinity, surroundings

   Synonym: چوره (çevre)

4. horizon

Descendants

• Turkish: kıran, kırak

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیراق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1505