قامش بوجكی
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From قامش (kamış, “reed”) and بوجك (böcek, “insect”). These aquatic beetles are found in the same places as reeds. In English they are sometimes called reed beetles.
Noun
[edit]- A leaf beetle in subfamily Donaciinae.
References
[edit]- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بوجك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 281