Etymology

From PersianCategory:English terms derived from Persian#YARAK یارکی (yâraki, “power, strength, ability, boldness”)Category:English undefined derivations#YARAK.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (General American) /ˈja.ɹak/Category:English 2-syllable words#YARAKCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#YARAK

Noun

yarak (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#YARAKCategory:English nouns#YARAKCategory:English uncountable nouns#YARAKCategory:English uncountable nouns#YARAKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#YARAKCategory:Pages with entries#YARAKCategory:Pages with 3 entries#YARAK

1. (falconryCategory:en:Falconry#YARAK) A super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.
   • 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter II, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):

     Kay began walking off in the wrong direction, raging in his heart because he knew that he had flown the bird when he was not properly in yarak, and the Wart had to shout after him the right way.

     Category:English terms with quotations#YARAK

Etymology

Borrowed from TurkishCategory:German terms borrowed from Turkish#YARAKCategory:German terms derived from Turkish#YARAK yarak, ultimately from Proto-TurkicCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Turkic#YARAK *yarak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaɾak/, /ˈjaʁak/Category:German 2-syllable words#YARAKCategory:German 2-syllable words#YARAKCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#YARAK
• Hyphenation: ya‧rak

Noun

yarak m (genitive yaraks, plural yaraks)Category:German lemmas#YARAKCategory:German nouns#YARAKCategory:German masculine nouns#YARAKCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#YARAKCategory:German masculine nouns#YARAKCategory:Pages with entries#YARAKCategory:Pages with 3 entries#YARAK

1. (vulgar, Kiezdeutsch) penis

Alternative forms

• yarrak (pronunciation spelling, colloquial)
• yarra (eye dialect, colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman TurkishCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish#YARAKCategory:Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#YARAK ياراق (yarak, “weapon, equipments; penis”), from Old Anatolian TurkishCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish#YARAKCategory:Turkish terms derived from Old Anatolian Turkish#YARAK یراق (yaraq, “weapon”), from Proto-TurkicCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic#YARAKCategory:Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic#YARAK *yarak, a derivation from Proto-TurkicCategory:Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic#YARAK *yara-. By surface analysis, yara- (“to avail”) +‎ (suffix deriving tools) -akCategory:Turkish terms suffixed with -ak#YARAK.

Compare aşağı and taşak for the emphatic gemination.

Related to Old Uyghur [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Old Uyghur terms#YARAK (yarağ, “opportunity”), Cuman-Kipchak yarov (“equipment”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰺𐰴 (yarak)Category:Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#YARAK, Chagatai یاراغ (yarağ)Category:Chagatai terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#YARAK, Azerbaijani yaraq, Kazakh жарақ (jaraq), Turkmen ýarag (“weapon”), etc. Unrelated to Turkmen ýārak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈɾak/, (colloquial) /jaɾˈɾak/Category:Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation#YARAK
• Hyphenation: ya‧rak

Noun

yarak (definite accusative yarağı, plural yaraklar)Category:Turkish lemmas#YARAKCategory:Turkish nouns#YARAKCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#YARAKCategory:Pages with entries#YARAKCategory:Pages with 3 entries#YARAK

1. (vulgarCategory:Turkish vulgarities#YARAK) penis [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: pipi, penis, sik, çük

   Yarağa benziyor, meymenetsiz tipi ― He looks like a dick, his face is sinister.Category:Turkish terms with usage examples#YARAK

2. (vulgarCategory:Turkish vulgarities#YARAK, derogatoryCategory:Turkish derogatory terms#YARAK, offensiveCategory:Turkish offensive terms#YARAK) dickhead

   sen çok konuşma yarram ― Don't talk too much, you dickhead.Category:Turkish terms with usage examples#YARAK

3. (archaicCategory:Turkish terms with archaic senses#YARAK) weapon

   Synonym: silah

4. (archaicCategory:Turkish terms with archaic senses#YARAK, ÇorumCategory:Çorum Turkish#YARAK) equipments

Further reading

• “yarak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “yarak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yarak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Clauson, Gerard (1972), An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 962
• “yarak”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
• XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977