یلدز بوجكی
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From یلدز (yıldız, “star”) + بوجك (böcek, “bug”).
Noun[edit]
- firefly, glowworm, any bioluminescent beetle of the family Lampyridae
- Synonym: آتش بوجكی (ateş böceği)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: yıldız böceği
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yıldız böceği”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5321
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “یلدز بوجكی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 510a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یلدز بوجكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1356
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یلدز بوجكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2208