Burak
التعريفات والمعاني
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Polish burak or bury + -ak.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbu.rak/
Rhymes: -urak
Syllabification: Bu‧rak
Homophone: burak
=== Proper noun ===
Burak m pers
a male surname
==== Declension ====
=== Proper noun ===
Burak f (indeclinable)
a female surname
=== Further reading ===
“Burak”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish براق (burāḳ, “the flashing steed, name of the courser that carried Muhammed, in his night-journey (معراج (miʿrāc)) from Mekka to Jerusalem, and thence to Heaven, in an instant”), from Arabic البُرَاق (al-burāq).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /buˈɾak/
Hyphenation: Bu‧rak
=== Proper noun ===
Burak
(Islam) The celestial mount on whose back prophet Muhammad travelled to Heaven on his Night Journey.
a male given name
==== Usage notes ====
Written as "Burak'ı," "Burak'a" and "Burak'ın" but pronounced "burağı," "burağa" and "burağın."
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“Burak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “Burak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 699