BTK

See also: btk and Btk.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

BTK (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of Bruton's tyrosine kinase.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

BTK (uncountable)

  1. (rail transport) Initialism of Baku–Tbilisi–Kars, a railway connecting Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey.
    • 2023, Nurettin Akcay, Guo Changgang, “Türkiye’s Middle Corridor and China’s BRI: Identification and Assessment”, in Insight Turkey‎[2], volume 25, number 1, page 65:
      With the BTK, the Trans-European and Trans-Asian railways network would be merged, and cargo and passengers would be transported to Europe or Asia via Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Türkiye.

Etymology 3

Initialism of bind, torture, kill. The nickname was first used by Dennis Rader in letters to the police and media.[1]

Proper noun

BTK (uncountable)

  1. Dennis Rader, American serial killer.

References

  1. ^ Paul Harris (6 March 2005), “The monster of suburbia”, in The Guardian‎[1]

Turkish

Proper noun

BTK

  1. initialism of Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu
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