ایپك بوجكی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

ایپك بوجكی • (ipek böceği)

1. silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایپك بوجكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 211
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایپك بوجكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 286