Burak

See also: burak, burák, and búrák

Polish

Etymology

From Polish burak or bury + -ak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.rak/
  • Rhymes: -urak
  • Syllabification: Bu‧rak
  • Homophone: burak

Proper noun

Burak m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Burak f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish براق (burāḳ, the flashing steed, name of the courser that carried Muhammed, in his night-journey (معراج (miʿrāc)) from Mekka to Jerusalem, and thence to Heaven, in an instant),[1][2] from Arabic البُرَاق (al-burāq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈɾak/
  • Hyphenation: Bu‧rak

Proper noun

Burak

  1. (Islam) The celestial mount on whose back prophet Muhammad travelled to Heaven on his Night Journey.
  2. a male given name

Usage notes

Written as "Burak'ı," "Burak'a" and "Burak'ın" but pronounced "burağı," "burağa" and "burağın."

Declension

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “براق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 351
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “براق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 259

Further reading

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