terk

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترك (terk), from Arabic تَرْك (tark), verbal noun of تَرَكَ (taraka, “to leave, relinquish”).

Noun

terk (definite accusative terki, plural terkler)

1. leaving, abandoning; abandonment
2. leaving undone
3. refraining from
4. renouncing

Derived terms

• terk etmek

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “terk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ترك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 536
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN