𐱅𐰼𐰚
tärk
Meaning:
quick, fast, quickly
tärk is an adverbial adjunct meaning “quickly, swiftly”, temporally also “soon”, and in some Old Uyghur contexts “suddenly”. It can be intensified by reduplication, as in tärk tärk “very quickly”. Its etymology is disputed: competing Turkic analysis connects it with the root reflected by täz- “to flee, run away” and analyzes it as a deverbal formation *tär-k (cf. kör- and körk).
Word family
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𐱅𐰔-
täz-
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𐱅𐰼𐰚
tärk
- 𐱅𐰼𐰚𐰤 tärkin instrumental
- 𐱅𐰼𐰚𐰠𐰀- tärklä- -la² (denominal verbalizer)
- 𐱅𐰔𐰏 täzig -(ı)g⁴ (nomen actionis)
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𐱅𐰔𐰚
täzäk
-(a)k⁴
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𐱅𐰼𐰚
tärk
In modern languages (4 / 22)
Select a region to see the cognate.
| Language | Cognate |
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| Turkmen | terk This cognate is attested, but has fallen out of use in this language. |
| Turkish (Azerbaijan) | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Turkish (Türkiye) | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Salar | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Gagauz | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Crimean | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Uyghur | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Uzbek | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Kazakh | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Nogai | terk |
| Siberian Tatar | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Kyrgyz | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Altai | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Alan | terk |
| Kumyk | terk |
| Tatar | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Bashkir | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Tıva | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Khakas | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) | tirk |
| Khalaj | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
| Chuvash | The cognate has disappeared from this language. |
Examples
Translations
German:
schnell, geschwind
Russian:
быстро, скоро
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
tez, sürətli
Turkish (Türkiye):
tez, hızlı
Bibliography 3
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Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü702-703, 706702-703, 706
1 t(ä)rk ~ tärk < Parth. tirγ schnell (auch Äquivalent von Skt. tvaramāṇa), rasch, plötzlich || çabucak, hızlı (Skt. tvaramāṇa’nın da eş değeri), çabuk, ani
t(ä)rk atmıš ok yaŋlıg in der Art eines schnell abgeschossenen Pfeils || hızlı atılmış bir ok şeklinde
t(ä)rk köni üdün schnell und rechtzeitig || çabuk ve tam zamanında
tärk öŋäd- sich schnell bessern || hızlı iyileşmek
t(ä)rk tavrak schnell2 || çabuk2
t(ä)rk täprä- sich schnell ans Werk machen || hızlıca kollarını sıvamak
t(ä)rk t(ä)rk sehr schnell || çok hızlı
t(ä)rk üdün schnell, bald || hızlı, yakında, yakın zamanda -
Международная Тюркская Академия (2016) Древнетюркский словарь587587TERK быстро, скоро
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Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish542542
terk an Adv., ‘quickly, very soon’, and the like. Survives only(?) in NE Kar. L. R III 1068 and T. (Kow. 263); SW Tkm. Cf. terkin. Uyğ. viii ff. Man. ayı(?) terkkie (for Dim. f. *terkkine) tuyunup ‘very(?) quickly acquiring insight’ TT III 120: Bud. terk bütürgeyler ‘they will very soon achieve’ Suv. 448, 1; o.o. TT VIII D.1 (tavra:-); U III 22, 1 (iii) etc. (tavrak): Civ. (one must) terkkie ‘quickly’ (embrace the well disposed and) terk ‘quickly’ (get rid of the bad-tempered) TT VII 17, 22-3: Xak. xi one says terk kel isri‘ fi’l-ḥuḍūr ‘come quickly’; also used of anything about which one orders rapid action (al-isrā‘), one says terk kıl ‘be quick’ Kaş. I 350: KB (if one does not treat his disease) kişi terk ölür ‘a man quickly dies’ 157; özüŋ terk keçer ‘you soon pass away’ (from this dream-like world) 231; o.o. 361, 745, 2511, 3533, etc.: xiii(?) At. (this world) terk kaçar ‘swiftly disappears’ 222: Xwar. xiv terk ‘quickly’ Qutb 175; Nahc. 32, 5; 153, 1; 299, 11: Kom. xiv, ‘quickly, immediately’ terk CCI; Gr. (tek tek ‘frequently’ do. might be the same word): Kıp. (xiii Hou. 42, 12; see terkle:-): xiv terk al-‘acala ‘speed, hurry’ İd. 38; ditto derk Bul. 6, 2.
