ایرك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • ایریك (iriñ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iriŋ (pus);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani irin, Bashkir эрен (eren), Kazakh ірің (ırıñ), Khakas ірінъ (ìrìnʺ), Kyrgyz ириң (iriŋ), Turkmen iriň, Tuvan ириң (iriñ), Uyghur يىرىڭ (yiring) and Uzbek yiring.

Noun

ایرك • (iriñ)

  1. pus, a whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria
    Synonyms: جراحات (cerahat), چرك (çirk)

Derived terms

  • ایركلنمك (iriñlenmek, to suppurate)
  • ایركلو (iriñli, purulent)

Descendants

  • Turkish: irin
  • Armenian: իրին (irin)

References

  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “iriŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 233

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