زوقه

Ottoman Turkish

زوقه‌لر

Alternative forms

• زوقا (zoka)

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ζόκα (zóka, “fishhook”), from Venetian soga (“rope”), itself from Late Latin sōca (“rope”).

Noun

زوقه • (zoka)

1. fishhook, angle, a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing

   Synonym: بالق ایكنه‌سی (balık iğnesi)

Derived terms

• زوقه‌یی یوتمق (zokayı yutmak, “to be duped, gulled”)

Descendants

• Turkish: zoka

Further reading

• 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