bucak
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English
Etymology
From Turkish bucak, from Ottoman Turkish بوجاق, literally meaning "corner", from Proto-Turkic *būč-gak, from *būč- or *bïč-.
Noun
bucak (plural bucaks)
- (historical) A subdistrict of a district within a Turkish province.
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوجاق (bucak, “angle, corner, nook”), itself from Proto-Turkic *būčgak (“corner, angle”). Cognate with Tatar почмак (poçmaq), Uyghur بۇرجەك (burjek), and Uzbek burchak.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧cak
Noun
bucak (definite accusative bucağı, plural bucaklar)
- (geometry) angle, a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point
- Synonym: köşe
- corner, nook, the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point
- köşe bucak aramak ― to scour every corner
- (historical) bucak, township, a subdistrict of a district within a province
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bucak | |
| Definite accusative | bucağı | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | bucak | bucaklar |
| Definite accusative | bucağı | bucakları |
| Dative | bucağa | bucaklara |
| Locative | bucakta | bucaklarda |
| Ablative | bucaktan | bucaklardan |
| Genitive | bucağın | bucakların |
Derived terms
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bucak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 682
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bucak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük