kovuk

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قووق. Cognate to Azerbaijani qovuq, Turkmen gowak (“hole, burrow; cave, den”, noun), Salar qok (“void, hollow”, noun), Karakhanid قُوُق (kovuk, “hollow”).

Adjective

kovuk

hallow, empty

Noun

kovuk

a cavity, a hallow place, a burrow

Derived terms

ağaç kovuğu (“tree hollow”)
göğüs kovuğu (“thoracic cavity”)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “1490”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian
“kovuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

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