doruk

Meaning

peak, climax, head (of a mountain)

Concepts

summit

peak

top

🔝

cap

climax

crest

head

height

highwater

hilltop

meridian

mode

pinnacle

zenith

apex

apogee

tip

vertex

acme

sum

ridge

culmination

eminencecy

Synonyms

zirve

tepe

uç

ayyuk

baş

sırt

🔙

bayır

en yüksek aşama

zenit

tavan

Translations

sommet

Gipfel

Spitze

faîte

🔝

Höhepunkt

cime

cima

🔝

cume

apogée

apice

culmine

Zenit

tête

crête

zénith

Pronounced as (IPA)

/doɾuk/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طوروق (doruk), from Proto-Turkic *tog- (“to rise”), a causative suffix, and *-g (“deverbal suffix”). Nişanyan derives the term from Proto-Turkish. Çağbayır considers the derivation uncertain.