# یورك
## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yürek.

### Noun

یُورَكْ (yüräk)
* (anatomy) heart
* bravery

#### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: ürək
* Gagauz: ürek
* Ottoman Turkish: یورك (yürek)
** Turkish: yürek
** → Ladino: yurek

### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yürek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یُورَكْ (yüräk), from Proto-Turkic *yürek (“heart”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yüräk), Azerbaijani ürək, Bashkir йөрәк (yörək), Kazakh жүрек (jürek), Kyrgyz жүрөк (jürök), Turkmen ýürek, Uyghur يۈرەك (yürek), Uzbek yurak and Yakut сүрэх (süreq).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jyˈɾɛc/

### Noun

یورك • (yürek) (definite accusative یوركی (yüreği), plural یوركلر (yürekler))
* heart, a muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion
    Synonyms: قلب (kalb), كوكل (göñül)
* (by extension) heart, bosom, breast, the figurative seat of one's inner thoughts, secret feelings, desires, etc.;
    Synonym: كوكل (göñül)
* (figuratively) heart, spirit, guts, pluck, emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations

#### Derived terms

* یورك آغریسی (yürek ağrısı, “heartache”)
* یورك اوینامق (yürek oynamak, “for one's heart, to flutter”)
* یورك بولانمق (yürek bulanmak, “to suffer from a heartache”)
* یورك قاتلمق (yürek katılmak, “to suffer greatly”)
* یورك قبارمق (yürek kabarmak, “to be nauseated”)
* یورك قره‌سی (yürek karası, “wickedness, depravity”)
* یورك قوردی (yürek kurdu, “intestinal worm”)
* یورك ویرمك (yürek virmek, “to give courage”)
* یورك چرپندیسی (yürek çarpındısı, “fluttering of the heart”)
* یوركسز (yüreksiz, “timid, coward”)
* یوركلندرمك (yüreklendirmek, “to embolden”)
* یوركلنمك (yüreklenmek, “to become bold”)
* یوركلی (yürekli, “bold, courageous”)
* یوركی قاتی (yüreği katı, “obdurate, obstinate”)
* یوركی قوپمق (yüreği kopmak, “to suffer greatly”)
* یوركی پك (yüreği pek, “hard-hearted”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: yürek
* → Ladino: yurek

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “یورك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 889
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yürek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5404
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “یورك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 512b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یورك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1362
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Cor”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 285
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یورك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 5617
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yürek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یورك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2213