قفتان بوجكی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of قفتان (kaftan, “kaftan, robe”) +‎ بوجك (böcek, “bug”).

Noun

قفتان بوجكی • (kaftan böceği)

ladybird, any beetle of the family Coccinellidae

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قفتان بوجكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 966
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قفتان بوجكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1465

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