kürek

Meaning

  1. oar, paddle
  2. shovel

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/cy.ɾec/
Etymology

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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Sal   yavaş yavaş  sallanmaya başlamıştı, neferler  ön   tarafta  sahile  doğru   kürek  çekiyorlardı.

Slowly the raft began to shake, the expeditionaries rowing towards the shore in the front.

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