قوكور

See also: قوڭۇر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • قوكر (koñur)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *koŋur (“brown”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani qonur, Bashkir ҡуңыр (quñır), Chuvash хӑмӑр (hămăr), Kazakh қоңыр (qoñyr), Kyrgyz коңур (koŋur), Turkmen goňur, Uyghur قوڭۇر (qo'ngur) and Uzbek qoʻngʻir.

Adjective

قوكور • (koñur)

  1. swarthy, dusky, sooty, having a shade of color that is rather dark
    Synonyms: اسمر (esmer), یاغیز (yağız)
  2. brown, of a color that is like that of chocolate or coffee
    Synonym: قهوه رنكی (kahve rengi)
  3. grayish, grayey, of a color close to gray

Derived terms

  • قوكور آلپ (koñur alp, “the name of an Ottoman warrior”)
  • قوكورلق (koñurluk, “swarthiness”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: konur (dialectal)

See also

Colors in Ottoman Turkish · بویا بویلر (boyalar) (layout · text)
     آق (ak)      بوز (boz)      قره (kara)
             قزل (kızıl); آل (al)              ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur)              صاری (sarı)
                          یشیل (yeşil)             
                          گوك (gök)              ماوی (mavi)
             مور (mor)              افلاطون (eflatun)              پنبه (pembe)

Further reading

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