پورچك

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier بورچك (bürçek), from Proto-Turkic *bürçek (curl, forelock),[1] itself a development of *bur- (to twist, to wring), whence بورمق (burmak, to twist, wring).

Noun

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پورچك (pürçek) (definite accusative پورچكی (pürçeği), plural پورچكلر (pürçekler))

  1. curl, ringlet, any curving piece or lock of hair
    Synonym: مار (mar)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: pürçek

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bürçek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 357

Further reading

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