كوك

See also: کوک

Chagatai

Alternative forms

• کوک

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kȫk (“blue, green”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kük /⁠kök⁠/, “blue”).

Noun

كوك (kök) (plural كوكلار)

1. sky

Descendants

• Uyghur: كۆك (kök)
• Uzbek: koʻk

Adjective

كوك (kök)

1. blue
2. green
3. grue

Descendants

• Uyghur: كۆك (kök)
• Uzbek: koʻk

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish coco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːk/

Noun

كوك • (kūk) m (uncountable)

1. coconut

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kȫk.

Adjective

كُوكْ (gök)

1. blue

Noun

كُوكْ (gök)

1. sky, heavens, firmament

Related terms

• كُوكْچَه (gökçä, “blue”)

 

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: göy
  • → Udi: ҝоьй (gʲöj), гоьг (gög)
• Gagauz: gök
• Ottoman Turkish: كوك (gök), կէօք (gök) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: gök (göğ-)
  • → Albanian: gjok, gjog
  • → Aromanian: ghioc

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *kök.

Noun

كُوكْ (kök)

1. root

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: kök
  • → Khalaj: kök
  • → Talysh: kok
• Gagauz: kök
• Ottoman Turkish: كوك (kök)
  • Turkish: kök
  • → Armenian: քոք (kʻokʻ)
  • → Ladino: kyok

Etymology 3

Noun

كُوكْ (köğ)

1. Alternative form of كُویْ (köy)

Descendants

• Gagauz: küü

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Old Anatolian Turkish كُوكْ (gök, “blue, green”), from Proto-Turkic *kȫk (“blue, green”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök, “blue”).

Alternative forms

• կէօք (gök) — Armeno-Turkish

Noun

گوك • (gök)

1. sky

Adjective

گوك • (gök)

1. light blue, azure
2. (archaic) green

Descendants

• Turkish: gök (göğ-)
• → Albanian: gjok, gjog
• → Aromanian: ghioc

See also

Colors in Ottoman Turkish · بویا بویلر (boyalar) (layout · text)

آق (ak)	بوز (boz)	قره (kara)
قزل (kızıl); آل (al)	ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur)	صاری (sarı)
	یشیل (yeşil)
	گوك (gök)	ماوی (mavi)
مور (mor)	افلاطون (eflatun)	پنبه (pembe)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1614

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كُوكْ (kök), from Proto-Turkic *kök (“root”).

Noun

كوك • (kök)

1. root

   Synonym: عرق (ʿırk)

Descendants

• → Armenian: քոք (kʻokʻ)
• → Ladino: kyok

Etymology 3

From Persian کوک.

Adjective

كوك • (kuk or kök)

1. (music) tuned

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1596