بوك

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Gulf Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English pocketbook.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

بوك (būkm

  1. wallet

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Najdi Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English pocketbook.[1]

Noun[edit]

بوك (būk)

  1. wallet

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

بوك

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bük (wood, forest).[1]

Noun[edit]

بوك (bük)

  1. thicket, scrub, a dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees
    Synonym: فونده‌لق (fundalık)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Turkish: bük

References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bük”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bȫn (stupid, foolish);[1] cognate with Turkmen mȫn.

Adjective[edit]

بوك (böñ)

  1. stupid, unclever, silly, idiotic, unintelligent, dumb, without or lacking intelligence
    Synonyms: ابدال (abdal), احمق (ahmak), بدلا (budala)
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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bön”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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