زوقه

Ottoman Turkish

زوقه‌لر

Alternative forms

• زوقا (zoka)

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ζόκα (zóka, “fishhook”), from Venetan soga (“rope”), itself from Late Latin sōca (“rope”).

Noun

زوقه • (zoka) (definite accusative زوقه‌یی (zokayı), plural زوقه‌لر (zokalar))

1. fishhook, angle, fishing hook, a barbed hook, usually made of metal, used for fishing

   Synonyms: ایكنه (iğne), بالق ایكنه‌سی (balık iğnesi)

Derived terms

• زوقه‌یی یوتمق (zokayı yutmak, “to be duped, gulled”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: zoka

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “زوقا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 50
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zoka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5494
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زوقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 651
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zoka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زوقه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1019