different between berk vs bek

English

Etymology

The usage dates from the 1930s; berk is a shortened version of Berkeley Hunt, the hunt based at Berkeley Castle, in Gloucestershire. In Cockney rhyming slang, hunt is a rhyme for cunt, giving the word its original slang meaning.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??(?)k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k
• Homophone: birk

Noun

berk (plural berks)

1. (Britain, slang, derogatory, sometimes endearing) A fool, prat, twit.
2. (Cockney rhyming slang, vulgar) Cunt.

Usage notes

Not perceived as excessively rude, perhaps because its origin in rhyming slang is not well known.

See also

• Belvoir (pronounced Beaver)

References

• Chambers Dictionary: Entry for berk
• Cassell's Dictionary of Slang. Jonathon Green. Pub. Cassel & Co. ?ISBN

Anagrams

• brek, kerb

Albanian

Etymology 1

From berr (cf. derk from derr).

Noun

berk m (indefinite plural berqe, definite singular berku, definite plural berqet)

1. goat

Declension

Related terms

• berr

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *bardz(i)ka, from *bardza > bardhë (“white”). Similar sense development as in barmë.

Noun

berk m (indefinite plural berqe, definite singular berku, definite plural berqet)

1. (botany) sapwood, alburnum
2. (dialectal) bark

Declension

Related terms

• barmë

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch berke, from Old Dutch *berka, from Proto-West Germanic *berku, from Proto-Germanic *berk?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?erH?ós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?rk/
• Hyphenation: berk
• Rhymes: -?rk

Noun

berk m (plural berken, diminutive berkje n)

1. birch, tree of the genus Betula

   Synonym: berkenboom

Derived terms

• berkenboom
• berkenroede
• berkhaan
• berkhoen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: berk

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k/

Interjection

berk

1. Alternative form of beurk: yuck!

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic [script needed] (bérk), from Proto-Turkic *berk (“mighty”). Related to pek.

Adjective

berk

1. strong, hard, robust, violent
2. heroic
3. firm, solid

Synonyms

• sert, kat? [1]
• sa?lam [2]

References

• Ni?anyan, Sevan (2002–) , “berk”, in Ni?anyan Sözlük
• 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: “*parki”

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ??? (bek). Doublet of bey and beg.

Noun

bek (plural beks)

1. Alternative form of bey (“Turkish governor”)

Translations

Anagrams

• KBE, Keb, keb

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?k/

Noun

bek (plural bekke, diminutive bekkie)

1. beak
2. mouth of an animal
3. (derogatory) mouth of a human

Bahnar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k/

Adjective

bek

1. fat

Basque

Noun

bek

1. ergative indefinite of be

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?k/
• Rhymes: -?k
• Homophone: beg

Etymology 1

Noun

bek m inan

1. bleat
2. cry

Declension

Synonyms

• (bleat): bekot, be?ení
• (cry): plá?, brek, brekot, bre?ení

Interjection

bek

1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic bark of a roe deer.

Etymology 2

From back, which was borrowed from English back. See also bachyn?.

Alternative forms

• back (archaic)

Noun

bek m

1. (animate, colloquial, sports) back [20th c.]
2. (inanimate, colloquial, sports) defense (portion of a team dedicated to defending) [20th c.]

Declension

animate

inanimate

Synonyms

• (back): obránce, zadák
• (defense): obrana, defenziva, defenzíva

Antonyms

• (back): úto?ník, forward
• (defense): útok, ofenziva, ofenzíva

References

Further reading

• bek in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• bek in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?k/
• Hyphenation: bek
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus.

Noun

bek m (plural bekken, diminutive bekje n)

1. a bird's beak

   Synonym: snavel

2. any animal's mouth (such as a snout)
3. (informal, rude) a human mouth

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bek

Etymology 2

Verb

bek

1. first-person singular present indicative of bekken
2. imperative of bekken

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?k]
• Hyphenation: bèk

Etymology 1

From English back, from Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-Germanic *bak?, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *b?ogo (literally “bending”).

Noun

bèk (first-person possessive bekku, second-person possessive bekmu, third-person possessive beknya)

1. (sports, soccer) back, in some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably from Dutch beg, from Ottoman Turkish ??? (beg), from Old Turkic ????????? (b²g /bég/, “chief, titled man”).

Noun

bèk (first-person possessive bekku, second-person possessive bekmu, third-person possessive beknya)

1. (obsolete) chief of a village.

Further reading

• “bek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From English back.

Adjective

bek

1. back, again

Noun

bek

1. back

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?k/

Etymology 1

Noun

bek m inan

1. bleat (cry of a sheep or goat)
2. (colloquial) wail

Declension

Related terms

• (verbs) bekn??, becze?
• (noun) beczenie

Etymology 2

Noun

bek m inan

1. (informal) verbal noun of beka?

Etymology 3

From English back.

Noun

bek m pers

1. (dated, sports) defender

   Synonym: obro?ca

Declension

Etymology 4

From Romanian bec.

Noun

bek m inan

1. (Bukovina) lightbulb

   Synonym: ?arówka

Etymology 5

Noun

bek

1. genitive plural of beka

Further reading

• bek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Semai

Alternative forms

• beuk

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *b?k ~ *buk ~ *bu?k (“to bind (round)”). Cognate with Mon ????? (pàk, “to put round”), Vietnamese bu?c (“to bind”), Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] pôk-hata/pôko (“to bind, tie”).

Verb

bek

1. to bind; to tie

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English bag.

Noun

bek

1. bag

Etymology 2

From English back.

Adverb

bek

1. back

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bik, from Latin pix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k/, /bek/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

bek n

1. pitch; A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.

Related terms

• bek
• bekulæpp