بوك

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from English pocketbook.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːk/

Noun

بوك • (būk) m

  1. wallet

References

Najdi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from English pocketbook.[1]

Noun

بوك (būk)

  1. wallet

References

Ottoman Turkish

بوك

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bük (“wood, forest”).[1]

Noun

بوك • (bük)

  1. thicket, scrub, a dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees
    Synonym: فونده‌لق (fundalık)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: bük

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bük”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bȫn (“stupid, foolish”);[1] cognate with Turkmen mȫn.

Adjective

بوك • (böñ)

  1. stupid, unclever, silly, idiotic, unintelligent, dumb, without or lacking intelligence
    Synonyms: ابدال (abdal), احمق (ahmak), بدلا (budala)
Derived terms
  • بوكسمك (böñsimek, “to behave like an idiot”)
  • بوكسنمك (böñsinmek, “to treat as a stupid”)
  • بوكلك (böñluk, “stupidity, imbecility”)
Descendants

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bön”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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