آتش بوجكی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of آتش‎ (ateş, “fire”) +‎ بوجك‎ (böcek, “bug”).

Noun

آتش بوجكی‎ • (ateş böceği)

firefly
Synonym: یلدز بوجكی‎ (yıldız böceği)

Descendants

Turkish: ateş böceği, ateşböceği

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “آتش بوجكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 5

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.