kulak

Meaning

1. ear
2. lug, earlobe
3. hearing, the sense of hearing
4. tuning key

Concepts

ear

👂

flange

bracket

lobe

ear

👂

ears

👂

ear lobe

Synonyms

baSak

Translations

oor

👂

auris

👂

Ohr

👂

oreille

👂

orecchio

👂

orella

👂

orelha

👂

oreja

👂

guh

👂

αυτί

ouvido

αφτί

أذن

👂

aurelha

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ku.ˈɫɑk/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قولاق

Cognate with Old Turkish: 𐰸𐰆𐰞𐰴𐰴

Borrowed from Russian: кула́к

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قولاق (qulaq, “ear”), Old Anatolian Turkish قلاق (qulaq, “ear”), from Proto-Turkic *kulkak (“ear”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸𐰆𐰞𐰴𐰴 (q̊¹ul¹qq /⁠qulqaq⁠/). A possible cognate with Finnish kuulla