ورك

See also: ورگ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root و ر ك (w-r-k). Compare Hebrew יָרֵךְ (yārēḵ, “thigh”).

Noun

وَرِك or وِرْك or وَرْك • (warik or wirk or wark) f (plural أَوْرَاك (ʔawrāk))

  1. hip, thigh
  2. hipbone, ischium
  3. knotty part of a branch

Declension

Derived terms

  • وَرَكِيّ (warakiyy)

Verb

وَرَكَ • (waraka) I, non-past يَرِكُ‎ (yariku)

  1. to recumb with the hips

Conjugation

Verb

وَرَّكَ • (warraka) II, non-past يُوَرِّكُ‎ (yuwarriku)

  1. to put around the hip

Conjugation

Noun

وُرُك • (wuruk) pl

  1. plural of وِرَاك (wirāk, “part of the saddle into which a horseman puts his foot to climb onto the horse, fulfilling the function of a stirrup”)

Adjective

وُرْك • (wurk) m pl

  1. plural of أَوْرَك (ʔawrak, “having great thighs”)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “ورك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 458
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ورك”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1524
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ورك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 1209

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَرَك (warak, “hip, hipbone”).

Noun

ورك • (verek) (plural اوراك (evrak))

  1. hip, either of the two outward-projecting parts of the pelvis
    Synonyms: قالچه (kalça), كفل (kefel)
  2. hip bone, one of two bones forming the side of the pelvis

Derived terms

  • وركی (vereki, “ischial”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: verek

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وِرْك (wirk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wirk/, [wɪrk]
  • (file)

Noun

ورك • (wirk) m (plural أوراك (ʾawrāk) or وراك (wrāk))

  1. hip
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