بوك

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from English pocketbook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːk/

Noun

بوك • (būk) m

1. wallet

Najdi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from English pocketbook.

Noun

بوك (būk)

1. wallet

Ottoman Turkish

بوك

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bük (“wood, forest”).

Noun

بوك • (bük)

1. thicket, scrub, a dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees

   Synonym: فونده‌لق (fundalık)

Derived terms

• قره بوك (kara bük, “Karabük, a city in Turkey”)

Descendants

• Turkish: bük

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bük2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 718
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bük”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بوك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 405

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bȫn (“stupid, foolish”); cognate with Turkmen mȫn.

Adjective

بوك • (böñ)

1. stupid, unclever, silly, idiotic, unintelligent, dumb, without or lacking intelligence

   Synonyms: ابدال (abdal), احمق (ahmak), بدلا (budala)

Derived terms

• بوكسمك (böñsimek, “to behave like an idiot”)
• بوكسنمك (böñsinmek, “to treat as a stupid”)
• بوكلك (böñluk, “stupidity, imbecility”)

Descendants

• Turkish: bön

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bön1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 676
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بوك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 290
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bön”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بوك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 405