یوركلی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یورك (yürek, “heart”) +‎ ـلی (-li). Typologically compare Old Armenian սրտեայ (srteay), Middle Armenian սրտոտ (srtot), Laz გურონი (guroni), some of which may have been calqued from Turkish.

Adjective

یوركلی • (yürekli)

1. brave, stouthearted

Descendants

• > Turkish: yürekli (inherited)
• →? Persian: یرکلی (yorakli)

Further reading

• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “یورك”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 951a
• Kʻiwpʻēlean, Ambrosios (1883) “եիւրէքլի”, in Erekʻlezuean baṙagirkʻ tačkerēn-hayerēn-gaġġierēn [Ottoman–Armenian–French Trilingual Dictionary]‎^[1], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 114a