köpek
Meaning
- dog
- (derogatory) scoundrel, detestable person
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Hyphenated as
kö‧pek
Pronounced as (IPA)
[cʰø̞ᵝˈpʰɛc]
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كوپك (köpek), from Proto-Turkic *köpek. Either from köp (in the sense of "a herd of many dogs"), or from kelebek (“butterfly”). Shor xopax (“butterfly”) reflects the only exact semantical match. cognates Cognate with Turkmen köpek, Crimean Tatar köpek, Azerbaijani köpək, Kazakh көпек (köpek), Karakalpak kópek, Uzbek koʻppak, etc.
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