كوكه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *küńe (moth).

Alternative forms

  • كووه (güve), كوه (güve)

Noun

كوكه • (güğe) (definite accusative كوكه‌یی (güğeyi), plural كوكه‌لر (güğeler))

  1. moth, any nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea
    Synonyms: پروانه (pervane), فراشه (feraşe)
  2. (specifically) clothes moth, any of several moths of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles
Derived terms
  • كوكه ینكی (güğe yeniği, moth-eaten spot in a cloth)
Descendants
  • Turkish: güve
  • Armenian: կիւվէ (kiwvē)Constantinople

Further reading

Etymology 2

From either Italian cocca[1] or Old French coque (cockboat, kind of small boat).

Noun

كوكه • (köke) (definite accusative كوكه‌یی (kökeyi), plural كوكه‌لر (kökeler))

  1. obsolete kind of ship or rowing vessel, high on the freeboard
Descendants
  • Turkish: göğe, göke, göve, köke

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Eren, Hasan (1999), “köke”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi