قویروق كمیكی

Ottoman Turkish

قویروق كمیكی

Etymology

From قویروق (kuyruk, “tail”) + كمیك (kemik, “bone”).

Noun

قویروق كمیكی • (kuyruk kemiği)

1. coccyx, tailbone, the final fused vertebrae at the base of the spine

   Synonym: عصعص (ʼusʼus)

Descendants

• Turkish: kuyruk kemiği

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kuyruk kemiği”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2874
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قویروق كمیكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1502