Birk
//bɝk// name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A birch tree. Northern-England
"Shadows of the silver birk / Sweep the green that folds thy grave."
- 2 Alternative spelling of berk. British, alt-of, alternative, slang
- 3 A Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus, syn. Leuciscus phoxinus).
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A male given name.
Example
More examples"Shadows of the silver birk / Sweep the green that folds thy grave."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Northern Middle English birk, birke, byrke (“birch”), (southern Middle English birche). More at birch. (tree): Cognate with Scots birk.
Etymology 2
From the Anglo-Norman surname, from Old English burh, burg (“fortification, city”).
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