دیرك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tīrek (“prop, support”) and thus related to دیره‌مك (diremek, “to support”); cognate with Azerbaijani dirək, Bashkir терәк (terək), Chuvash чарак (čarak), Kazakh тірек (tırek), Tatar терәк (teräk), Turkmen dīrek, Uyghur تىرەك (tirek) and Uzbek tirak.

Noun

دیرك • (direk)

  1. column, pillar, prop, support
    Synonyms: دستك (destek), ستون (sütun), عمود (ʿamud)
  2. any upright post or pole, like a mast or flagstaff
  3. beam, girder, a large piece of timber
    Synonym: مرتك (mertek)

Derived terms
  • باش دیركی (baş direği, “foremast”)
  • بورون دیركی (burun direği, “septum of the nose”)
  • بیراق دیرك (bayrak direği, “flagpole”)
  • دیرك آغاجی (direk ağacı, “tree used as a mast”)
  • دیرك دیكمك (direk dikmek, “to set up a post”)
  • دیركلك (direklik, “tree or stick of timber”)
  • دیركلنمك (direklenmek, “to grow tall as a mast”)
  • دیركلو (direkli, “furnished with a pillar or prop”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: direk
  • → Armenian: դիրագ (dirag)

Further reading
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