کرک

See also: گرک, گرگ, and كرك

Brahui

Etymology

Cognate Tamil கரை (karai, “shore”), Elamite [script needed] (šarit, “shore”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

کَرَّک (karrak)

1. bank, shore

Further reading

• Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “1293”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Mazanderani

Noun

کرک (kërk)

1. chicken
2. hen

Persian

Etymology 1

A Turkic borrowing, equivalent to Ottoman Turkish كورك (kürk, “fur”).

Alternative forms

• کلک (kolk)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈkurk/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊɾk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊɾk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊɾk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰuɾk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoɹkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuɾk]

Readings
Classical reading?	kurk
Dari reading?	kurk
Iranian reading?	kork
Tajik reading?	kurk

Noun

کرک • (kurk / kork) (plural کرک‌ها (kurk-hā / kork-hâ), Tajik spelling курк)

1. fur, down hair

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Term?]. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈrak/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾák]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾák]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾák]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾák]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.ɹǽkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.ɾák]

Readings
Classical reading?	karak
Dari reading?	karak
Iranian reading?	karak
Tajik reading?	karak

Noun

کرک • (karak) (plural کرک‌ها (karak-hā / karak-hâ), Tajik spelling карак)

1. quail

   Synonyms: بلدرچین (belderčin), بدبده (badbade)

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠kark⁠/); cognate with Khotanese [script needed] (kṛṅga-, “cock”), Mazanderani کرک (kërk), Gilaki کرک (kark, kərk, “hen”), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈkark/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæɹkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾk]

Readings
Classical reading?	kark
Dari reading?	kark
Iranian reading?	kark
Tajik reading?	kark

Noun

کرک • (kark) (plural کرک‌ها (kark-hā / kark-hâ), Tajik spelling карк)

1. hen

   Synonym: مرغ (morġ)

Related terms

• کرکس (karkas, “vulture”, literally “hen-eater”)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “کرک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “کرک”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Horn, Paul (1893), Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 189
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “کرک”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 819

Ushojo

Noun

کرک (kark)

1. crowd

   Synonym: اجدھام (ajdhām)