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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قووق. Cognate to Azerbaijani qovuq, Turkmen gowak (“hole, burrow; cave, den”, noun), Salar qok (“void, hollow”, noun), Karakhanid قُوُق (kovuk, “hollow”).
Adjective
kovuk
- hallow, empty
Noun
kovuk
- a cavity, a hallow place, a burrow
Derived terms
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “1490”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian
- “kovuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu