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buruşuk

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بورشق (buruşuḳ, puckered, wrinkled, crumpled or a pucker, a wrinkle)[1] (alternatively بورشوق (buruşuḳ), بورشیق (buruşıḳ), بوروشق (buruşuḳ)), from Ottoman Turkish بورشمق (buruşmaḳ, to become puckered, wrinkled, crumpled), from Ottoman Turkish بورمق (burmaḳ, to twist or screw, to wring), from Proto-Turkic *bur- (to twist, to wind round).[2][3] By surface analysis, bur- +‎ -uş +‎ -uk.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bu.ɾuˈʃuk/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ru‧şuk

Adjective

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buruşuk

  1. Having been wrinkled, crumpled, wrinkly.
    Synonyms: kırışık, büzük, büzüşük

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بورشق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 394
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bur(a)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “buruş-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • buruşuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu