آتش بوجكی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of آتش (ateş, “fire”) +‎ بوجك (böcek, “bug”).

Noun

آتش بوجكی • (ateş böceği)

  1. firefly
    Synonym: یلدز بوجكی (yıldız böceği)

Descendants
  • Turkish: ateş böceği, ateşböceği

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آتش بوجكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 5
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