Ottoman Turkish edit

 
گوگه

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *küńe (moth); cognate with Azerbaijani güvə, Bashkir көйә (köyə), Chuvash кӗве (kĕve), Kazakh күйе (küie), Southern Altai кӱйе (küye), Turkmen güýe, Uzbek kuya and Yakut көйүүр (köyüür).

Noun edit

گوگه (güğe, güve)

  1. moth, especially the clothes moth which feeds on textiles
    Synonyms: پروانه (pervane), فراشه (feraşe) (moth)

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Descendants edit

  • Turkish: güve
  • Armenian: կիւվէ (kiwvē)Constantinople

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