حمام بوجكی

Ottoman Turkish

حمام بوجكی

Etymology

From حمام (hamam, “hammam”) + بوجك (böcek, “bug”).

Noun

حمام بوجكی • (hamam böceği)

1. cockroach, any winged insect of the order Blattodea

Descendants

• Turkish: hamam böceği

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hamam böceği”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1856
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “حمام بوجكی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 201b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حمام بوجكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 518
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حمام بوجكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 804