Where does “Burçak” come from?

Burçak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بورچاق, from Proto-Turkic burčak — bean, pea.

Burçak (Turkish): bitter vetch, ervil, any plant of the species Vicia ervilia, which produces bitter, lentil-like seeds

Definitions

  1. bitter vetch, ervil, any plant of the species Vicia ervilia, which produces bitter, lentil-like seeds

Ancestry of “Burçak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبورچاقvetch, any of several leguminous plants of the genus Vicia
2Proto-Turkicburčakbean, pea
Every word from Proto-Turkic burčak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بورچاق →