köpek

Meaning

1. dog
2. (derogatory) scoundrel, detestable person

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.

Sentences

Ardında yüz köpek havlamayan kurt , kurt sayılmaz .

A wolf without a hundred dogs barking behind it is not a wolf.

Havlayan köpek ısırmaz .

A barking dog doesn't bite.