كوتوك

Ottoman Turkish

كوتوكلر

Etymology

From Greek κώδικος (kódikos, “log, balk”), from Byzantine Greek κῶδιξ (kôdix), ultimately from Latin cōdex (“tree trunk”).

Noun

كوتوك • (kütük)

  1. log, any bulky piece cut from a tree, used as timber, fuel, etc.
    Synonym: طومروق (tomruk)
  2. block, bulk, a substantial, approximately cuboid, piece of wood

Derived terms

  • اسكی كوتوك (eski kütük, “veteran, an experienced man”)
  • اورس كوتوكی (örs kütüğü, “anvil block”)
  • ایش كوتوكی (iş kütüğü, “work block”)
  • باغ كوتوك (bağ kütük, “stock of a grapevine”)
  • جهنم كوتوكی (cehennem kütüğü, “a hardened sinner”)
  • كوتوك اولمق (kütük olmak, “to become like a log”)
  • كوتوك ایتمك (kütük etmek, “to reduce a tree to a log”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kütük
  • → Armenian: քիւթիւկ (kʻiwtʻiwk) — Constantinople
  • → Macedonian: ќутук (ḱutuk)

Further reading

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