توكوروك

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tüpkürük (saliva), a development of *tüpkür- (to spit), whence توكورمك (tükürmek). Cognate with Bashkir төкөрөк (tökörök) and Kumyk тюкюрюк (tükürük).

Noun

توكوروك (tükürük)

  1. spit, spittle, saliva which has been expelled from the mouth
    Synonyms: بزاق (buzak), تف (tuf)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: tükürük

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tükürük”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4935
  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “توكرك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 171b
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “توكوروك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 417
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sputum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1589
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “توكرك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1476
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “توكوروك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 613