بوجاق

Ottoman Turkish

بوجاق

Alternative forms

  • بجاق (bucak), بوچاق (buçak), بچاق (buçak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *būčgak (corner, angle), a development of *būč- or *bïč-. Cognate with Uyghur بۇرجەك (burjek) and Uzbek burchak.

Noun

بوجاق • (bucak)

  1. (geometry) angle, a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point
    Synonyms: زاویه (zaviye), كنج (künc), كوشه (köşe)
  2. corner, nook, the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point
    Synonyms: زاویه (zaviye), كنج (künc), كوشه (köşe)
  3. (by extension, historical) bucak, a subdistrict of a district within a Turkish province

Derived terms

  • بوجاق بوجاق آرامق (bucak bucak aramak, to seek in every corner)
  • بوجاقلو (bucaklı, furnished with corners or angles)
  • تاتار بوجاغی (tatar bucağı, Bessarabia)
  • سیوری بوجاق (sivri bucak, acute angle)
  • گوت بوجاق (göt bucak, obtuse angle)
  • گونیه بوجاق (gönye bucak, right angle)

Descendants

  • Turkish: bucak
  • Armenian: պուճախ (pučax), պուջախ (puǰax), պոճախ (počax)
  • Bulgarian: буджа́к (budžák)
  • English: bucak
  • Romanian: Bugeac
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бу̀џа̄к
    Latin script: bùdžāk
Bucak district

Proper noun

بوجاق • (bucak)

  1. (historical) Bessarabia, a geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the rivers Dniester and Prut
    Synonym: تاتار بوجاغی (tatar bucağı)
  2. Bucak (a town and district in Burdur province, Turkey)

Descendants

Further reading

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