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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian poggia, inflection of the verb poggiare (“to lean, stand, rest”).
Noun
پوجه • (poca)
- (nautical) lee, the side of a ship away from the wind
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “boca”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 639
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پوجا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 325b
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “boca”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پوجه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 456