göbek
See also: göbək
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish كوبك (göbek, “navel”), from Proto-Turkic *gȫpek. Likely related to gebe (“pregnant”), gebermek (“to die”, from earlier “to swell, to inflate”), kabarmak (“to swell”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgöbek (definite accusative göbeği, plural göbekler)
- navel, umbilicus
- paunch, potbelly, belly
- middle, core, center, heart
- heart (of lettuce, cabbage, etc.)
- central design (on a carpet, rug, tray, ceiling or in a garden, etc.)
- traffic circle, rotary, circle
- hub (of a wheel)
- kernel of nuts