קאַרק
־עס/קערק
דער

ETYMOLOGY

Polish kark; from Proto-Slavic kъrkъ; from PIE ✱kr̥kos, from the root ✱(s)ker- 'to turn around'; cf. Sanskrit kṛ́kāṭa
{Bankowski 1: 633; Boryś 223; Brückner 220}
The idiom זיזן בײַ עמעצן אויפֿן קאַרק 'to sit on someone's neck (i.e., to be a burden)' appears to be a calque of Polish siedzieć komuś na karku 'to impose on someone'.

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

kárɩkʲ {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}
- kárɩkʲəs קאַרקעס

kaʀɩkʲ; {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}
- káʀgŋ̩ קאַרגן

karɩk {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}
- kargŋ קאַרגן

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

kark, karɩk {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}

SOUTHEASTERN

karkʲ {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}
- kargŋ {קאַרגן} (pl)