সির্কা

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Bengali

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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সির্কা (śirka)

  1. vinegar
    Synonym: ভিনিগার (bhinigar)

References

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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