# ترك
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.ra.ka/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

تَرَكَ • (taraka) I (non-past يَتْرُكُ (yatruku), verbal noun تَرْك (tark))
* to leave, to relinquish
    اُتْرُكْنِي فِي حَالِي (to a man) ― utruknī fī ḥālī ― leave me alone

##### Synonyms

* يَدَعُ (yadaʕu)
* يَذَرُ (yaḏaru)
* غَادَرَ (ḡādara)

### Etymology 2

Verbal noun of تَرَكَ (taraka).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tark/

#### Noun

تَرْك • (tark) m
* verbal noun of تَرَكَ (taraka) (form I) (leftover, heritage)
* leaving, abandoning
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:176:يَسۡتَفۡتُونَكَ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُفۡتِيكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡكَلَٰلَةِۚ إِنِ ٱمۡرُؤٌاْ هَلَكَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ وَلَدٞ وَلَهُۥٓ أُخۡتٞ فَلَهَا نِصۡفُ مَا تَرَكۚ وَهُوَ يَرِثُهَآ إِن لَّمۡ يَكُن لَّهَا وَلَدٞۚ فَإِن كَانَتَا ٱثۡنَتَيۡنِ فَلَهُمَا ٱلثُّلُثَانِ مِمَّا تَرَكۚ وَإِن كَانُوٓاْ إِخۡوَةٗ رِّجَالٗا وَنِسَآءٗ فَلِلذَّكَرِ مِثۡلُ حَظِّ ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِۗ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ أَن تَضِلُّواْۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمُۢThey ask thee for a pronouncement. Say: "Allah hath pronounced for you concerning distant kindred. If a man die childless and he have a sister, hers is half the heritage, and he would have inherited from her had she died childless. And if there be two sisters, then theirs are two-thirds of the heritage, and if they be brethren, men and women, unto the male is the equivalent of the share of two females". Allah expoundeth unto you, so that ye err not. Allah is Knower of all things.

##### Descendants

* → Armenian: թարգ (tʻarg)
* → Azerbaijani: tərk
* → Ottoman Turkish: ترك (terk)
** Turkish: terk
** → Armenian: թէրք (tʻērkʻ)
* → Uyghur: تەرك (terk)
* → Uzbek: tark

### Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish ترك (türk).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /turk/

#### Noun

تُرْك • (turk) m (collective, singulative تُرْكِيّ m (turkiyy), plural أَتْرَاك (ʔatrāk))
* Turks

##### Derived terms

* تَرَّكَ (tarraka)
* اِسْتَتْرَكَ (istatraka)

### Etymology 4

From تُرْك (turk, “Turks”), with the second triliteral conjugation implying the bestowing of a particular quality. Compare عَرَّبَ (ʕarraba, “to Arabize, to make Arab”), هَوَّدَ (hawwada, “to Judaize, to make Jewish”), أَمْرَكَ (ʔamraka, “to Americanize, to make American”)، فَرْنَسَ (farnasa, “to Gallicize, to make French”), أَلْمَنَ (ʔalmana, “to Germanize, to make German”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tar.ra.ka/

#### Verb

تَرَّكَ • (tarraka) II (non-past يُتَرِّكُ (yutarriku), verbal noun تَتْرِيك (tatrīk))
* to Turkify, to make Turkish

##### Related terms

* تُرْكِيَّا (turkiyyā, “Turkey”)
* تُرْكِيّ (turkiyy, “Turk, Turkish”)
* تَتَرَّكَ (tatarraka, “to be Turkified, to act Turkish”)

### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “ترك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥ /⁠türük⁠/).

#### Alternative forms

* تورك (türk)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tyɾk/
* (Albania) IPA: /tuɾk/

#### Noun

ترك • (türk) (plural تركلر (türkler) or اتراك (etrak))
* Turk
** 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎, page 12:افندیلر ، بو وضعیت قارشیسنده بر ، تك قرار واردی. اوده حاكمیت ملیه‌یه مستند ، بلا قید وشرط مستقل یكی بر تورك دولتی تأسیس ایتمك!Efendiler, bu vaziyet karşısında bir tek karar vardı. O da hakimiyet-i milliyeye müstenid, bilakayduşart müstakil yeni bir Türk devleti te'sis etmek!(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: Türk
** → English: Türk
* → Albanian: turk
* → Romanian: turc

### Etymology 2

From Arabic تَرْك (tark), verbal noun of تَرَكَ (taraka, “to leave, relinquish”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teɾk/

#### Noun

ترك • (terk)
* quitting, abandoning, leaving; abandonment
* neglecting; omission

##### Descendants

* Turkish: terk
* → Armenian: թէրք (tʻērkʻ)

### Etymology 3

From Persian ترک (tarak).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teˈɾek/

#### Proper noun

ترك • (Terek)
* Terek (a river)

#### Noun

ترك • (terek)
* moat, ditch

### References

* Németh, Julius (1961) “Traces of the Turkish language in Albania”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎, volume 13, number 1/2, page 17

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic تَرَكَ (taraka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.rak/, [ˈta.rak]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

ترك • (tarak) I (present بترك (bitrik), active participle تارك (tārek))
* to leave
    Synonyms: ساب (sāb), هجّ (hajj)