boncuk

Betekenis

bead, small ornamental item made of glass, stone, mother-of-pearl, wood, plastic etc. often with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, mostly round and colored.

Met koppelteken als

bon‧cuk

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bɔnˈd͡ʒʊk/

Etymologie

From Ottoman Turkish بونجق (boncuk), from Proto-Turkic *bōnčuk (“beads”), *bōyn-čak, which is thought to derive from *bōyn (“neck”).
Cognate with Azerbaijani muncuq, Turkmen monjuk, Kazakh моншақ (monşaq), Kipchak مُنْجُق, Kyrgyz мончок (moncok), Southern Altai мончок (mončok), Tatar monjuk, Uyghur مونچاق (monchaq), Uzbek munchoq, etc.

Zinnen

Delikli boncuk yerde kalmaz.

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