সির্কা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سركه (sirke, “vinegar”), from Proto-Turkic *sirke (“vinegar”).[1] Compare Chuvash шарак (šarak, “bitter; salt”). Akin to Persian (serke); according to Doerfer the direction of a possible borrowing is not clear.[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siɹ.ka/

Noun

সির্কা • (śirka)

vinegar
Synonym: ভিনিগার (bhinigar)

References

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*sū̀re”
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sirke1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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[1] Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*sū̀re”

[2] Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sirke1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük