tarak

Meaning

comb (toothed implement for grooming the hair)

Concepts

comb

cockle

rake

clam

comber

dredge

scallop

Synonyms

tarak makinesi

ağlı kepçe kullanan kimse

taraklayan kimse

tarama dubası

Translations

Kamm

peigne

peine

pente

pinta

χτένα

kam

şe

şeh

κτένι

pettine

penche

pecten

şan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ta.ˈɾak/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: طراق

Cognate with Kazakh: тарақ

Cognate with Bashkir: тараҡ

Cognate with Kyrgyz: тарак

Cognate with Tatar: тарак

Cognate with Azerbaijani: daraq

Cognate with Turkmen: darak

Cognate with Yakut: тараах

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish طراق (tarak), itself from Proto-Turkic *tarak (“comb”) and equivalent to tara- (“to comb”) + -ak. Cognate with Kazakh тарақ (taraq), Bashkir тараҡ (taraq), Kyrgyz тарак (tarak), Tatar тарак (taraq), Azerbaijani daraq, Turkmen darak, Yakut тараах (taraaq), etc.