bərk

See also: berk and Berk

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		бәрк
Abjad		برک

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *berk (“mighty”). Cognate with Turkmen and Turkish berk, Chuvash парка (park̬a, “hard, healthy”), Yakut бэрт (bert, “great, excellent”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bærk]

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• IPA^(key): [bæ(ɾ)t̚] (miyana, bostanabad, gulluja)

Adjective

bərk

1. hard, firm

   Synonym: möhkəm

2. violent (involving extreme force or motion)

   Synonyms: güclü, gur

3. fast
4. stingy

   Synonyms: simic, dargöz, xəsis

Derived terms

• bərkdən (“loudly”)