kovuk

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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

  1. hallow, empty

Noun

kovuk

  1. 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
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