قویروق كمیكی

Ottoman Turkish

قویروق كمیكی

Etymology

From قویروق (kuyruk, “tail”) + كمیك (kemik, “bone”).

Noun

قویروق كمیكی • (kuyruk kemiği)

coccyx, tailbone, the final fused vertebrae at the base of the spine
Synonym: عصعص (ʼusʼus)

Descendants

Turkish: kuyruk kemiği

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kuyruk kemiği”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2874
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قویروق كمیكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1502

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