قاواق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قواق (kavak)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kïbak/*kabak (“white poplar, willow”).

Noun

قاواق • (kavak)

1. poplar

Descendants

• Turkish: kavak
• → Armenian: խավախ (xavax)
• → Laz: კავაღი (ǩavaği)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قاواق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 939
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاواق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1426
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قواق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1478