پوجه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• پوجا (poca)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian poggia, inflection of the verb poggiare (“to lean, stand, rest”).

Noun

پوجه • (poca)

1. (nautical) lee, the side of a ship away from the wind

Descendants

• Turkish: boca

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “boca”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 639
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پوجا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 325b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “boca”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پوجه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 456