قامش بوجكی
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom قامش (kamış, “reed”) and بوجك (böcek, “insect”). These aquatic beetles are found in the same places as reeds. In English they are sometimes called reed beetles.
Noun
edit- A leaf beetle in subfamily Donaciinae.
References
edit- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بوجك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 281