کوک

See also: ـکوک and كوك

Chagatai

Alternative forms

• كوك

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kȫk (“blue, green”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kük /⁠kök⁠/, “blue”).

Noun

کوک (kök) (plural كوكلار)

1. sky

Descendants

• Uyghur: كۆك (kök)
• Uzbek: koʻk

Adjective

کوک (kök)

1. blue
2. green
3. grue

Descendants

• Uyghur: كۆك (kök)
• Uzbek: koʻk

Persian

Noun

کوک • (kuk)

1. the act of tuning a musical instrument
2. a musical tuning system, e.g. a mode of a dastgah

Derived terms

• کوک کردن (kuk kardan)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: كوك

Punjabi

Etymology

From the stem of کُوکݨا (kūkṇā, “to crow”), inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (kukkaï), from Sanskrit *कूक्कति (kūkkati), onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kuːkᵊ/

Noun

کُوک • (kūk) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੂਕ)

1. a cry; call
2. shriek
3. a soft, melodious sound

Declension

Declension of کوک
dir. sg.	کُوک (kūk)
dir. pl.	کُوکاں (kūkāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	کُوک (kūk)	کُوکاں (kūkāṉ)
oblique	کُوک (kūk)	کُوکاں (kūkāṉ)
vocative	کُوکے (kūke)	کُوکو (kūko)
ablative	کُوکوں (kūkoṉ)	—
locative	کُوکے (kūke)	کُوکِیں (kūkīṉ)
instrumental	کُوکے (kūke)	کُوکِیں (kūkīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کُوک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਕੂਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kūkkati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press