boncuk

Meaning

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.

Concepts

bead

pearl

Synonyms

hava kabarcığı

inci

tesbih tanesi

Translations

perle

χάντρα

kraal

Perle

conta

cuenta

🔢

perla

perla

πέρλα

baca

margarita

parel

pérola

abalorio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔnˈd͡ʒʊk/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: بونجق

Cognate with Azerbaijani: muncuq

Cognate with Turkmen: monjuk

Cognate with Kazakh: моншақ

Cognate with Kuman: مُنْجُق

Cognate with Kyrgyz: мончок

Cognate with Southern Altai: мончок

Cognate with Tatar: monjuk

Cognate with Uyghur: مونچاق

Cognate with Uzbek: munchoq

In summary

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.