budak

(Inglese)

  1. shoot, the emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant
  2. gnarl, a knot in the wood or a protuberance with twisted grain on a tree
  3. (Konya) a cylindrical stone used to smooth the tops of roofs or to fill cracks after rain

Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوداق (budak, “shoot in a tree; gnarl”), from Old Anatolian Turkish بوداق (budaq), from Proto-Turkic *būtak, a development from *būta- (“to cut branches, prune”). Cognate with Azerbaijani budaq, Bashkir ботаҡ (botaq), Kazakh бұтақ (būtaq), Kyrgyz бутак (butak), Southern Altai будак (budak), Turkmen pudak and Uzbek butoq

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