كوتك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from an Iranian word of the form kōt-ak, from which Persian کوتنگ (kotang, “heavy stick”); see Arabic كُذِين (kuḏīn, “fuller’s beetle”) for more.

Noun

كوتك • (kötek)

  1. cudgel, bat, a stout stick with a rounded head used as a weapon
    Synonyms: چوماق (çomak), صوپه (sopa)
  2. bastinado, a blow with a cudgel or stick, or a beating with sticks
    Synonyms: دگنك (değenek), صوپه (sopa), طیاق (dayak)

Derived terms

  • كوتك آتمق (kötek atmak, “to beat, cudgel”)
  • كوتك باصمق (kötek basmak, “to beat, cudgel”)
  • كوتك چالمق (kötek çalmak, “to beat, cudgel”)
  • كوتك یمك (kötek yemek, “to be beaten, cudgelled”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kötek
  • → Armenian: քոթակ (kʻotʻak)
  • → Bulgarian: кьоте́к (kjoték), кюте́к (kjuték)
  • → Northern Kurdish: kotek
  • → Macedonian: ќотек (ḱotek)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ćotek, ćutek
  • → Zazaki: kotek

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