یوسفجك

Ottoman Turkish

یوسفجك

Etymology

From یوسف (Yusuf, “Joseph”) +‎ ـجق (-cuk, diminutive suffix).

Noun

یوسفجك • (yusufcuk)

1. diminutive of یوسف (Yusuf, “Joseph”):
   1. dragonfly, any winged, predatory insect of the suborder Epiprocta
   2. turtle dove, any of several species of birds in the genus Streptopelia

Descendants

• Turkish: yusufçuk

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yusufçuk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5389
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوسفجك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1364
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوسفجك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2215