زوقه
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- زوقا (zoka)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Greek ζόκα (zóka, “fishhook”), from Venetian soga (“rope”), itself from Late Latin sōca (“rope”).
Noun edit
زوقه • (zoka)
- fishhook, angle, a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
- Synonym: بالق ایكنهسی (balık iğnesi)
Derived terms edit
- زوقهیی یوتمق (zokayı yutmak, “to be duped, gulled”)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: zoka
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zoka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5494
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زوقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 651
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zoka”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زوقه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1019