کوک

See also: كوك

Chagatai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kȫk (“blue, green”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kük /⁠kök⁠/, “blue”).

Noun

کوک (kök) (plural كوكلار)

  1. sky

Descendants
  • Uyghur: كۆك (kök)
  • Uzbek: koʻk

Adjective

کوک (kök)

  1. blue
  2. green
  3. grue

Descendants

Persian

Noun

کوک • (kuk)

  1. the act of tuning a musical instrument
  2. a musical tuning system, e.g. a mode of a dastgah
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French -coque, from New Latin coccus, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”). Compare Turkish -kok.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? kok

Suffix

کوک • (-kok)

  1. -coccus
Derived terms
Persian terms suffixed with کوک

Punjabi

Etymology

From the stem of کُوکݨا (kūkṇā, “to crow”), inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (kukkaï), from Sanskrit *कूक्कति (kūkkati), onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Noun

کُوک • (kūk) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੂਕ)

  1. a cry; call
  2. shriek
  3. a soft, melodious sound

Declension
Declension of کوک
dir. sg. کُوک (kūk)
dir. pl. کُوکاں (kūkāṉ)
singular plural
direct کُوک (kūk) کُوکاں (kūkāṉ)
oblique کُوک (kūk) کُوکاں (kūkāṉ)
vocative کُوکے (kūke) کُوکو (kūko)
ablative کُوکوں (kūkoṉ) —
locative کُوکے (kūke) کُوکِیں (kūkīṉ)
instrumental کُوکے (kūke) کُوکِیں (kūkīṉ)

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کُوک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਕੂਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kūkkati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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