بوجك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bȫgček.

Noun

بوجك • (böcek)

Derived terms

بوق بوجكی‎ (bok böceği, “dung beetle”)
ایپك بوجكی‎ (ipek böceği, “silkworm”)
آتش بوجكی‎ (ateş böceği, “firefly”, literally “fire bug”)
آغستوس بوجكی‎ (ağustos böceği, “cicada”, literally “August bug”)
سوموكلو بوجك‎ (sümüklü böcek, “snail, slug”, literally “slimy bug”)
قفتان بوجكی‎ (kaftan böceği, “ladybird”)

Descendants

Turkish: böcek
→ Armenian: պէօճէկ (pēōčēk), բէօջա̈գ^յ (bēōǰäg^y)
→ Laz: ბოჯეღი (boceği)

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بوجك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 280
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بوجك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 392

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