یوسفجك

Ottoman Turkish

یوسفجك

Etymology

From یوسف (Yusuf, “Joseph”) +‎ ـجق (-cuk, diminutive suffix).

Noun

یوسفجك • (yusufcuk)

Diminutive of یوسف (Yusuf, “Joseph”):
1. dragonfly, any winged, predatory insect of the suborder Epiprocta
2. turtle dove, any of several species of birds in the genus Streptopelia

Descendants

Turkish: yusufçuk

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yusufçuk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5389
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوسفجك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1364
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوسفجك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2215

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