серек

Bashkir

Etymology

From *čirik "rotten", from the verbal stem čiri- "to rot, decay", from Proto-Turkic *čẹr (“rot; disease”).

Cognate with Tatar черек (çerek), Kazakh шірік (şırık), Kyrgyz чирик (cirik), Southern Altai чирик (čirik), Uzbek chirik, Uyghur چىرىك (chirik), Azerbaijani çürük, Turkish çürük (“rotten”), etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sɪ̞ˈrɪ̞k]
  • Hyphenation: се‧рек

Adjective

серек • (serek)

  1. rotten
    Һауыттағы бер серек алма бөтәһен дә серетә.
    Hawıttağı ber serek alma bötəhen də seretə.
    One rotten apple in the box will make all (apples) rot as well.
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