kavuk
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاوق (kavuk). The second sense is due to contamination with kovuk (“hollow, empty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈvuk/
Noun
kavuk (definite accusative kavuğu, plural kavuklar)
- caouk
- (dialectal) something hollow
- (anatomy) urinary bladder
- Synonyms: idrar kesesi, idrar torbası, mesane, sidik kesesi, sidik torbası
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kavuk | |
| Definite accusative | kavuğu | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | kavuk | kavuklar |
| Definite accusative | kavuğu | kavukları |
| Dative | kavuğa | kavuklara |
| Locative | kavukta | kavuklarda |
| Ablative | kavuktan | kavuklardan |
| Genitive | kavuğun | kavukların |
Derived terms
- kavuk sallamak
- kavukçu
- kavuklu
- kavukluk
- kavuksuz
Related terms
Further reading
- “kavuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kavuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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