урк

Nivkh

Alternative forms

Map of Nivkh Language: evening, night

• ыр̌к (əřk)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /urk/

Noun

урк (urk)

1. (Amur) night

Synonyms

Nivkh dialectal forms of ышк (əšk, “evening; night”)
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Group	Location	Words
Southern Sakhalin	Poronaysk
Eastern Sakhalin	Chaivo	ышк (ɯʃk)
	Nyivo	ышк (ɯʃk)
	Nogliki
	Chir-unvd	ышк (ɯʃk)
Northern Sakhalin	Kuegda	ушк (uʃk)
	Ten’gi	ушк (uʃk), ур̌к (uřk)
	Tyk
	Trambaus	ышк (ɯʃk), парɸ (parɸ)
Amur	Men’shikova	ур̌к (uřk)
	Machlavo	ур̌к (uřk), урк (urk)
	Chomi	урк (urk)
	Kol’-Nikol’sk	паф (paf), уурк (uːrk)
	Novo-Troitskoe
This table shows various dialectal forms in the Nivkh language. The classification is based on major dialectal groups.

Yaghnobi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *wŕ̥kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognate with Zazaki verg.

Noun

урк (urk)

1. wolf