yarak

English

Etymology

From Persian یارکی (yâraki, power, strength, ability, boldness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (General American) /ˈja.ɹak/

Noun

yarak (uncountable)

  1. (falconry) A super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.
    • 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter II, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):
      Kay began walking off in the wrong direction, raging in his heart because he knew that he had flown the bird when he was not properly in yarak, and the Wart had to shout after him the right way.

Kalasha

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Old Turkic 𐰖𐰺𐰴 (yarak, “weapon”), from yar (yar, “to split in two”) + -ak (-ak).

Noun

yarak

  1. weapons

Synonyms

  • wasila

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ياراق (yarak, weapon), from Old Turkic 𐰖𐰺𐰴 (yarak, weapon), from [script needed] (yar-, to split in two) + [script needed] (-ak). Cognate with Chagatai یاراغ (yarağ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɑˈɾɑk], [jɑˈrːɑk]

Noun

yarak (definite accusative yarağı, plural yaraklar)

  1. (vulgar) penis
  2. (archaic) weapon

Declension

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Synonyms

See also

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