یوركلی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یورك (yürek, “heart”) +‎ ـلی (-li). Typologically compare Old Armenian սրտեայ (srteay), Middle Armenian սրտոտ (srtot), Laz გურონი (guroni), some of which may have been calqued from Turkish.

Adjective

یوركلی • (yürekli)

  1. brave, stouthearted

Descendants
  • Turkish: yürekli

Further reading
  • Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “یورك”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 951a
  • Kʻiwpʻēlean, Ambrosios (1883) “եիւրէքլի”, in Erekʻlezuean baṙagirkʻ tačkerēn-hayerēn-gaġġierēn [Ottoman–Armenian–French Trilingual Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 114a
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