قوغان

Ottoman Turkish

قوغان

Etymology 1

According to Nishanyan, a derivation from the Proto-Turkic verb *kova- (“to empty the inside, to hollow”), itself a development of *kovï (“hollow”). Related to قوف (kof, “hollow, rotten”), قوغوش (koğuş, “ward, dormitory”) and قوغوق (koğuk, “hollow”).

Alternative forms

• قوان (kovan), قووان (kovan)

Noun

قوغان • (koğan or kovan) (definite accusative قوغانی (koğanı, kovanı), plural قوغانلر (koğanlar, kovanlar))

1. hive, skep, apiary, an artifical or man-made structure for housing a swarm of honeybees

   Synonyms: پتك (petek), كندو (gendu)

Derived terms

• آری قوغانی (arı koğanı, “beehive”)
• فشنك قوغانی (fişenk koğanı, “rocket-case”)
• قوغان اوتی (koğan otu, “lemon balm”)
• قوغان چیچكی (koğan çiçeği, “foxglove”)
• قوغانجی (koğancı, “beekeeper”)
• كلید قوغانی (kilid koğanı, “part of a lock”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kovan
• → Armenian: խօվան (xōvan)

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “قوان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 544
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kovan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2763
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قوان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 371a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوغان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 984
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Alvear”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 53
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قوان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3776
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kovan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوغان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1490

Etymology 2

From قوغـ (koğ-, “to drive away, send away; to pursue, chase, run after”) +‎ ـان (-an).

Adjective

قوغان • (koğan)

1. driving away, sending away, expelling, banishing, that drives away, expels, or banishes
2. pursuing, tracking down, chasing, running after, that pursues, tracks down, or chases

Derived terms

• دیوان قوغان (divan koğan, “one who infests the Council of State”)
• یل قوغان (yel koğan, “shearwater”, literally “that pursues the wind”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kovan

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kovan2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2764
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوغان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[6], Constantinople: Mihran, page 984
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوغان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1490