ایپك بوجكی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of ایپك (ipek, “silk”) +‎ بوجك (böcek, “bug”).

Noun

ایپك بوجكی • (ipek böceği)

silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایپك بوجكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 211
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایپك بوجكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 286

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