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‘Yarak’ and ‘sik’ are synonymous in modern language but ‘sik’ comes from old Turkish and refers to the urethra. This is why we like to use ‘ill’ instead of ‘sick’ when speaking English in Turkey!
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sik
Blog
29 Mar 2024
1 min read
By
Joy Schreiber
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