Shirk

Shirk - to share, to participate with (someone) to become a partner, to be a participant.

Shirk - polytheism, idolatry.

«Schurkenstaat» - rogue state.

Etymology

The triliteral root shīn rā kāf (ش ر ك), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 168 times.

1. Compare with English «share», from Proto-Germanic «skarō» - "a portion, share a division, detachment, troop, band", From Proto-Indo-European «*(s)ker-» - "to cut off".

2. Compare with English «shear», from Proto-West Germanic «skeran» - "to shear, to cut", From Proto-Germanic «skeraną» - "to shear", From Proto-Indo-European «*(s)ker-» - "to cut off".

3. Compare with German «Schurke» - "villain, scoundrel", from Middle High German schurgen, «schürgen» - "to shove, push, egg on", from Old High German scurgen» - "to knock over, to push aside", From Proto-Germanic *skurgijaną. This verb is related with (but probably not the direct ancestor of) modern «schüren» - "to poke, stoke, stir up, fuel", from Proto-Germanic «skeraną» - - "to shear", From Proto-Indo-European «*(s)ker-» - "to cut off".

4. Compare with English «shirk» - "to avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc., to stay away from".

To be joined

With the triliteral root shīn rā yā (ش ر ي), is used in Quran 25 times.