gövde

Meaning

  1. torso, trunk
  2. stem, trunk (of a tree)
  3. (figuratively) main body, main part
  4. stem

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
göv‧de
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɟø̞β.d̪ɛ]
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوگده (göğde), گووده (gövde), گوده (gövde); from Proto-Turkic *käbdä (“upper part of body”). Cognate with Azerbaijani gövdə, Kazakh кеуде (keude) etc.

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