yürek

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See also: Yurek and ýürek

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yürek. Cognate of Kumyk юрек (yurek), Turkish yürek, etc.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: yü‧rek

Noun

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yürek

  1. heart
  2. courage

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یورك (yürek), from Proto-Turkic *yürek, *yür- (heart; courage). Cognate of Old Turkic [script needed] (yürek), Azerbaijani ürək, Turkmen ýürek, Kazakh жүрек (jürek), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jyˈɾek/
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  • Hyphenation: yü‧rek

Noun

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yürek (definite accusative yüreği, plural yürekler)

  1. heart
    Synonym: kalp
    • 2013, “Yürek”, in Darmaduman, performed by Duman:
      Ah, kimin için atıyor bu yürek? / Söyle, kimin için atıyor bu yürek?
      Ah, for whom does this heart beat? / Tell me, for whom does this heart beat?
  2. (idiomatic) courage
    Synonym: cesaret

Usage notes

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  • yürek is never used in anatomical or medical contexts; kalp is reserved for that meaning.

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative yürek
Definite accusative yüreği
Singular Plural
Nominative yürek yürekler
Definite accusative yüreği yürekleri
Dative yüreğe yüreklere
Locative yürekte yüreklerde
Ablative yürekten yüreklerden
Genitive yüreğin yüreklerin

Derived terms

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References

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  • Tokat, Feyza (2014) “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi)[1], volume 7, number 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[2], Utrecht: LOT