قوربغه‌جق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قوربغه (kurbağa, “frog”) +‎ ـجق (-cuk, -cık, diminutive suffix).

Noun

قوربغه‌جق • (kurbağacık)

1. diminutive of قوربغه (kurbağa, “frog”):
   1. (pathology) ranula, a swelling located in the floor of the mouth, under the tongue
   2. frog-shaped hasp or handle made of metal, by which a window-sash may be moved

Descendants

• Turkish: kurbağacık

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kurbağacık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2843
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوربغه‌جق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 978
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوربغه‌جق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1484