قاوق

Arabic

Alternative forms

• قَاوُوق (qāwūq)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قاوق (kavuk, “a wadded or bulbous cap; a hollow thing, a bladder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaː.wuq/

Noun

قَاوُق • (qāwuq) m (plural قَوَاوِيق (qawāwīq))

1. a kind of cylindrical hat or قَلَنْسُوَة (qalansuwa) made of felt
   • 2011 November 2, “أغطية الرأس الرجالية في اليمن: التنوع والوظيفة”, in Mahārāt‎^[1]:

     وعادة يتم وضع كوفية أو قاوق أو غيره قاعدة للعمامة.

     Usually a keffiyeh or Qāwuq or something else is put as a basis for the turban.

Declension

Declension of noun قَاوُق (qāwuq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَاوُق qāwuq	الْقَاوُق al-qāwuq	قَاوُق qāwuq
Nominative	قَاوُقٌ qāwuqun	الْقَاوُقُ al-qāwuqu	قَاوُقُ qāwuqu
Accusative	قَاوُقًا qāwuqan	الْقَاوُقَ al-qāwuqa	قَاوُقَ qāwuqa
Genitive	قَاوُقٍ qāwuqin	الْقَاوُقِ al-qāwuqi	قَاوُقِ qāwuqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَاوُقَيْن qāwuqayn	الْقَاوُقَيْن al-qāwuqayn	قَاوُقَيْ qāwuqay
Nominative	قَاوُقَانِ qāwuqāni	الْقَاوُقَانِ al-qāwuqāni	قَاوُقَا qāwuqā
Accusative	قَاوُقَيْنِ qāwuqayni	الْقَاوُقَيْنِ al-qāwuqayni	قَاوُقَيْ qāwuqay
Genitive	قَاوُقَيْنِ qāwuqayni	الْقَاوُقَيْنِ al-qāwuqayni	قَاوُقَيْ qāwuqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوَاوِيق qawāwīq	الْقَوَاوِيق al-qawāwīq	قَوَاوِيق qawāwīq
Nominative	قَوَاوِيقُ qawāwīqu	الْقَوَاوِيقُ al-qawāwīqu	قَوَاوِيقُ qawāwīqu
Accusative	قَوَاوِيقَ qawāwīqa	الْقَوَاوِيقَ al-qawāwīqa	قَوَاوِيقَ qawāwīqa
Genitive	قَوَاوِيقَ qawāwīqa	الْقَوَاوِيقِ al-qawāwīqi	قَوَاوِيقِ qawāwīqi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قاوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 864
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قاوق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 994

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

قاوق • (kavuk)

1. hollow thing
2. bladder, gall bladder
3. caouk: a high stiff Turkish hat around which a turban is typically wound or folded, similar to a toque or shako
4. the headdress formed by the caouk and the cloth wrapped around it: turban, wadded or bulbous cap, enormous bonnet

Descendants

• Turkish: kavuk, kauk
• → Arabic: قَاوُق (qāwuq), قَاوُوق (qāwūq)
• → Bulgarian: кау́к (kaúk)
• → French: caouk
  • → English: caouk
• Kurdish:

  → Central Kurdish: قاوِغ (qawiẍ), قاوِخ (qawix)

• → Macedonian: каук (kauk)
• → Romanian: cauc
• → Russian: кау́к (kaúk)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: ка̀ук
  • Latin script: kàuk

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قاوق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 3603
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kavuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük