ویركی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• ویركو (vergü)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bērgü (“something which ought to be, or is, given”), a derivation from *bēr- (“to give”), whence ویرمك (vermek, “to give”). Cognate with Azerbaijani vergi and Crimean Tatar vergi.

Noun

ویركی • (vergi) (definite accusative ویركیی (vergiyi), plural ویركیلر (vergiler))

1. tax, impost, tribute, a compulsory financial charge or levy imposed by the government

   Synonym: خراج (harac)

2. generosity, munificence, liberality, largesse, willingness to donate money or resources

   Synonyms: جومردلك (cömerdlik), سماحت (semahat)

Derived terms

• ویركی ویرمك (vergi vermek, “to pay a tax”)
• ویركیلی (vergili, “generous, munificent”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: vergi
• → Albanian: vergji
• → Armenian: վէրկի (vērki), վերգի (vergi)
• → Ubykh: уергьы (wergʲə)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vergi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5109
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ویركی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 493b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ویركی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1317
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Tributum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1693
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ویركی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 5422
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vergi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ویركو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2152