burçak

See also: burcak, burčák, and Burçak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بورچاق (burçak, “vetch”), from Proto-Turkic *burčak (“bean, pea”).

Cognates

Cognate with Bashkir борсаҡ (borsaq), Chuvash пӑрҫа (părś̬a), Kazakh бұршақ (būrşaq), Kyrgyz буурчак (buurcak), Southern Altai мырчак (mïrčak), Turkmen burçak, Uyghur پۇرچاق (purchaq) and Uzbek burchoq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buɾˈt͡ʃak/
• Hyphenation: bur‧çak

Noun

burçak (definite accusative burçağı, plural burçaklar)

1. bitter vetch, ervil, any plant of the species Vicia ervilia, which produces bitter, lentil-like seeds

Declension

Declension of burçak

	singular	plural
nominative	burçak	burçaklar
definite accusative	burçağı	burçakları
dative	burçağa	burçaklara
locative	burçakta	burçaklarda
ablative	burçaktan	burçaklardan
genitive	burçağın	burçakların

Derived terms

• akburçak
• burçaklanmak
• karaburçak

Further reading

• “burçak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “burçak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “burçak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 700
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “burçak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük