kovuk

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قووق. Cognate to Azerbaijani qovuq, Turkmen gowak (“hole, burrow; cave, den”, noun), Salar qok (“void, hollow”, noun), Karakhanid قُوُق (kovuk, “hollow”).

Adjective

kovuk

1. hallow, empty

Noun

kovuk

1. a cavity, a hallow place, a burrow

Derived terms

• ağaç kovuğu (“tree hollow”)
• göğüs kovuğu (“thoracic cavity”)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “1490”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian
• “kovuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu