كوشه

See also: كوشة, کوسه, گوشه, كوسة, and كوسه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• گوشه (göşe)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian گوشه (guše, “corner, angle”).

Noun

كوشه • (köşe)

1. (geometry) angle, a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point

   Synonyms: بوجاق (bucak), زاویه (zaviye), كنج (künc)

2. corner, nook, the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point

   Synonyms: بوجاق (bucak), زاویه (zaviye), كنج (künc)

3. turn, bend, curve, any change of direction or orientation in a road, stream, etc.
4. (anatomy) lobe, a clear division of an organ, especially of the brain, liver, or lung

Derived terms

• اوچ كوشه (üç köşe, “triangular”)
• ایش كوشه‌سی (iş köşesi, “critical point in a matter”)
• جگر كوشه (ciğer köşe, “darling”)
• درت كوشه (dört köşe, “quadrangular”)
• كوشه اوسته‌سی (köşe ustası, “deputy-warden of a trade-guild”)
• كوشه باشی (köşe başı, “street corner”)
• كوشه طاشی (köşe taşı, “cornerstone”)
• كوشه یر (köşe yer, “a retired spot”)
• كوشه‌لك (köşelik, “quality or function of a corner”)
• كوشه‌لو (köşeli, “provided with corners or angles”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: köşe
• → Armenian: քէօշէ (kʻēōšē)
• → Laz: ქჲოშე (kyoşe), ჩოშე (çoşe)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ćòšak / ћо̀шак

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “köşe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2801
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كوشه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 403a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوشه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1055
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Angulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 62
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كوشه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4082
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “köşe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوشه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1596