sırık

  1. pole, a long and slender piece of wood, used for various construction or support purposes
  2. pole, an implement used for pole-vaulting, now usually made of glassfiber or carbon fiber

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Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صیریق (sırık), from Proto-Turkic *sïruk (“pole, rod”). Cognate with Azerbaijani sırıq and Turkmen syryk (“pole”).

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