یورك

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yürek (“heart”); cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yüräk), Azerbaijani ürək, Bashkir йөрәк (yörək), Kazakh жүрек (jürek), Kyrgyz жүрөк (jürök), Turkmen ýürek, Uyghur يۈرەك (yürek), Uzbek yurak and Yakut сүрэх (süreq).

• IPA^(key): /jyˈɾɛc/

یورك • (yürek)

1. heart, a muscular organ that pumps blood through the body

   Synonyms: قلب (kalb), گوڭل (göñül)

2. (fuguratively) spirit, courage, determination, fearlessness
3. (by extension) stomach or bowels

• Gagauz: ürek
• Turkish: yürek
• → Ladino: yurek

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• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yürek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یورك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2213