kavuk
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاوق (kavuk). The second sense is due to contamination with kovuk (“hollow, empty”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kavuk (definite accusative kavuğu, plural kavuklar)
- caouk
- (dialectal) something hollow
- (anatomy) urinary bladder
- Synonyms: idrar kesesi, idrar torbası, mesane, sidik kesesi, sidik torbası
Declension edit
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kavuk | |
| Definite accusative | kavuğu | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | kavuk | kavuklar |
| Definite accusative | kavuğu | kavukları |
| Dative | kavuğa | kavuklara |
| Locative | kavukta | kavuklarda |
| Ablative | kavuktan | kavuklardan |
| Genitive | kavuğun | kavukların |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kavuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kavuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük