كوتوك

Ottoman Turkish

كوتوكلر

Etymology

From Greek κώδικος (kódikos, log, balk), from Byzantine Greek κῶδιξ (kôdix), ultimately from Latin cōdex (tree trunk).

Noun

كوتوك • (kütük)

  1. log, any bulky piece cut from a tree, used as timber, fuel, etc.
    Synonym: طومروق (tomruk)
  2. block, bulk, a substantial, approximately cuboid, piece of wood

Derived terms

  • اسكی كوتوك (eski kütük, veteran, an experienced man)
  • اورس كوتوكی (örs kütüğü, anvil block)
  • ایش كوتوكی (iş kütüğü, work block)
  • باغ كوتوك (bağ kütük, stock of a grapevine)
  • جهنم كوتوكی (cehennem kütüğü, a hardened sinner)
  • كوتوك اولمق (kütük olmak, to become like a log)
  • كوتوك ایتمك (kütük etmek, to reduce a tree to a log)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kütük
  • Armenian: քիւթիւկ (kʻiwtʻiwk) Constantinople
  • Macedonian: ќутук (ḱutuk)

Further reading

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