ببك

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Ottoman Turkish

ببك

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin; compare Bashkir бәпәй (bəpəy), Crimean Tatar bebey, Kazakh бөбек (böbek), Tatar бәбәй (bäbäy), Turkmen bäbek, Uyghur بوۋاق (bowaq) and, more distantly, English baby, French bébé, etc.

Noun

ببك • (bebek)

  1. baby, infant, a very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age
    Synonyms: صبی (sabi), نوزاد (nevzad), اوغلانجق (oğlancık)
  2. doll, puppet, marionette, any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods
    Synonym: قوقله (kukla)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: bebek
  • → Armenian: պէպէք (pēpēkʻ)

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