koklangoz

Turkish

Alternative forms

• koklagaz, koklangozu, kaplangoz, kaplangozağı, koklankızı, koklukoza, kortlangoz (Isparta)
• koklangöz, kaplangoz, kortlangoz (Muğla)
• kaplangoz, kavlangoz (Denizli)
• kaplangoz (Burdur)
• kavlangoz (Kütahya)

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek κοχλίας (kochlías, “snail”), with the ending -angoz from synonymous salyangoz (“snail”). Compare Middle Armenian կոխլանճ (koxlanč), Armenian կողինջ (koġinǰ), which underwent a similar contamination. Possibly phonetically influenced by koklanmak (“to be smelled”).

Noun

koklangoz (definite accusative koklangozu, plural koklangozlar) (dialectal, Isparta, Muğla, Aydın)

1. snail; slug

   Synonyms: salyangoz; sümüklü böcek, (dialectal) koklan, kaklık, koskos, lordu

Derived terms

• koklan

 

References

• “koklangoz”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 8, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1975, page 2905ab
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “koklangoz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2719b
• Tietze, Andreas (1962) “Einige weitere griechische Lehnwörter im anatolischen Türkisch”, in J. Eckmann et al., editors, Németh Armağanı (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 191)‎^[1] (in German), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu, page 377f. of 373–388
• Bläsing, Uwe (1995) “Bemerkungen zu arm. kołinǰ ‘Schnecke’”, in New Approaches to Medieval Armenian Language and Literature, page 115f.