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kürek.

oar, paddle

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/cy.ɾec/
  1. oar, paddle

  2. shovel

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish كورك (kürek). By surface analysis, küre- + -ek, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *küre- (“to rake”). Cognate with Azerbaijani kürək.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.