قفتان بوجكی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of قفتان‎ (kaftan, “kaftan, robe”) +‎ بوجك‎ (böcek, “bug”).

Noun

قفتان بوجكی‎ • (kaftan böceği)

ladybird, any beetle of the family Coccinellidae

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قفتان بوجكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 966
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قفتان بوجكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1465

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