koğuş

From Proto-Turkic *koguĺ.^[1] See more cognates at Bashkir ҡыуыш (qıwış).

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koğuş (definite accusative koğuşu, plural koğuşlar)

1. tree hollow

   Synonyms: kuful, ovuq, (dialectal) hoytuq, (dialectal) oyruq, (dialectal) güdük

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Originally a dialectal word from Southwestern Old Anatolian Turkish, which later found widespread use in the late Ottoman period (18th century) with a semantic shift from a groove or a hollow shaft to a room (a 'groove' or a 'cavity' of a house).^[1] Cognate with Karakhanid (koɣuš, “water course, drain”), (koɣuš, “an arrow straightener tool used by arrow-makers”) (from the meaning 'groove') and Chagatai (koɣuš, “gutter, drainage ditch”). Beyond that, from either Common Turkic *kobuk (“empty”) or Proto-Turkic *koguĺ (“hollow, cavity”).^[2][3]

Related to Turkish kof (“empty, hollow”), Turkish kovuk (“burrow”), Turkish kovan (“beehive”) but unrelated to Turkish kavun (“melon, muskmelon”).

koğuş (definite accusative koğuşu, plural koğuşlar)

1. ward, hospital ward
2. a large room for soldiers in a camp
3. hospital room
4. school room