بورچاق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بورجاق (burcak), بورچق (burçak)

Etymology

Inherited 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.

Noun

بورچاق • (burçak) (definite accusative بورچاغی (burçağı), plural بورچاقلر (burçaklar))

  1. vetch, any of several leguminous plants of the genus Vicia
    Synonym: فیك (fiğ)

Derived terms

  • آق بورچاق (ak burçak, “chickling vetch”)
  • قره بورچاق (kara burçak, “bitter vetch”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: burçak
  • → Middle Armenian: պուռչախ (puṙčʻax)

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