گوگس

See also: گوگوس‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish ككز‎ (göğüz)[1], Proto-Turkic *köküŕ (“breast”); cognate with Azerbaijani köks, Dolgan [script needed] (köksü), Turkmen göwüs, Uyghur [script needed] (köküs), Uzbek koʻksi and Yakut: көҕүс (köğüs).

Noun

گوگس • (göks, göğüs)

  1. chest, breast, the front part of the torso
    Synonyms: بر‎ (ber), سینه‎ (sine), صدر‎ (sadr)
  2. (nautical) bow of a ship at the water's edge

Derived terms

  • گوگسلك‎ (göğüslük, “piece of armour or clothing covering the breast”)
  • گوگسلمك‎ (göğüslemek, “to push with the breast”)
  • گوگسلو‎ (göğüslü, “large-chested”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: göğüs
  • → Albanian: gjoks
  • → Armenian: կէօյիւս (kēōyiws), գյոքս (gyokʿs), գուքս (gukʿs), գեքս (gekʿs)
  • → Bulgarian: гю́юс (gjújus), гю́йс (gjújs)
  • → Laz: გჲონქსი (gyonksi), ჯონგსი (congsi)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: đȕks / ђу̏кс

Further reading

  1. XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), volume III, 2nd edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1996
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