قامش بوجكی
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From قامش (kamış, “reed”) and بوجك (böcek, “insect”). These aquatic beetles are found in the same places as reeds. In English they are sometimes called reed beetles.
Noun[edit]
- A leaf beetle in subfamily Donaciinae.
References[edit]
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بوجك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 281