زوقه
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- زوقا (zoka)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Greek ζόκα (zóka, “fishhook”), from Venetian soga (“rope”), itself from Late Latin sōca (“rope”).
Noun[edit]
زوقه • (zoka)
- fishhook, angle, a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
- Synonym: بالق ایكنهسی (balık iğnesi)
Derived terms[edit]
- زوقهیی یوتمق (zokayı yutmak, “to be duped, gulled”)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: zoka
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zoka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5494
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زوقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 651
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zoka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زوقه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1019