گوگس

See also: گوگوس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish ككز (göğüz),[1] Proto-Turkic *köküŕ (breast); cognate with Azerbaijani köks, Dolgan [script needed] (köksü), Turkmen göwüs, Uyghur [script needed] (köküs), Uzbek koʻksi and Yakut: көҕүс (köğüs).

Noun

گوگس • (göks, göğüs)

  1. chest, breast, the front part of the torso
    Synonyms: باغر (bağır), بر (ber), سینه (sine), صدر (sadr)
  2. (nautical) bow of a ship at the water's edge

Derived terms

  • گوگسلك (göğüslük, piece of armour or clothing covering the breast)
  • گوگسلمك (göğüslemek, to push with the breast)
  • گوگسلو (göğüslü, large-chested)

Descendants

  • Turkish: göğüs
  • Albanian: gjoks
  • Armenian: կէօյիւս (kēōyiws), գյոքս (gyokʻs), գուքս (gukʻs), գեքս (gekʻs)
  • Bulgarian: гю́юс (gjújus), гю́йс (gjújs)
  • Laz: გჲონქსი (gyonksi), ჯონგსი (congsi)
  • Serbo-Croatian: đȕks / ђу̏кс

References

  1. XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212) (in Turkish), volume III, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1967

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