berk

== English == === Etymology === Cockney rhyming slang, an ellipsis and clipping of Berkeley Hunt, a prominent hunt at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, to mean cunt. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /bɝk/ (UK) IPA(key): /bɜː(ɹ)k/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Homophones: birk, Bourke, burk, Burke, burke === Noun === berk (plural berks) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory, vulgar) a fool, a prat, a twit, etc. [1930] ==== Usage notes ==== Although the term remains in fairly wide use, its specific origin and meaning in rhyming slang is less well known, lessening its vulgarity. ==== Synonyms ==== See fool and idiot ==== See also ==== Belvoir (pronounced Beaver) === References === "berk" in Chambers Dictionary "berk" in Jonathon Green's Cassell's Dictionary of Slang →ISBN “berk n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present === Anagrams === brek, kerb == Albanian == === Etymology 1 === From berr (cf. derk from derr). ==== Noun ==== berk m (plural berqe, definite berku, definite plural berqet) goat ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== berr === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Albanian *bardz(i)ka, from *bardza > bardhë (“white”). Similar sense development as in barmë. ==== Noun ==== berk m (plural berqe, definite berku, definite plural berqet) (botany) sapwood, alburnum (dialectal) bark ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== barmë === References === == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch berke, from Old Dutch *berca, from Proto-West Germanic *berku, from Proto-Germanic *berkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛrk/ Hyphenation: berk Rhymes: -ɛrk === Noun === berk m (plural berken, diminutive berkje n) birch, tree of the genus Betula Synonym: berkenboom ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: berk == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛʁk/ === Interjection === berk alternative form of beurk: yuck! == Old Norse == === Contraction === berk (bragarmál) contraction of ber +‎ ek == Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeɾc/ Hyphenation: berk === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish برك (berk), from Proto-Turkic *berk (“mighty”). Related to pek. ==== Adjective ==== berk strong, hard, robust, violent Synonyms: sert, katı heroic firm, solid Synonym: sağlam ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “berk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “berk”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “berk1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Redhouse, James W. (1890), “برك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 356 Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*parki” === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish برق (berḳ), from Arabic بَرْق (barq). ==== Noun ==== berk (definite accusative berki, plural berkler) (archaic) lightning ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== “berk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “berk”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “berk2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN