ورنیك

Ottoman Turkish

ورنیك

Alternative forms

• ورنیج (vernic)

Etymology

From either Greek βερνίκη (verníki) or Italian vernice (“varnish”).

Noun

ورنیك • (vernik)

1. varnish, a type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film

   Synonym: روغن (revgan, rugan)

Descendants

• Turkish: vernik
• → Arabic: بَرْنِيق (barnīq)
• → Armenian: վեռնիկ (veṙnik)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vernik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5112
• Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “vernik”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 355
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vernik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük