بوبرك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بوگرك (bögrek)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bögrek (kidney) and thus related to بوگور (böğür, flank, hypochondrium); cognate with Azerbaijani böyrək, Bashkir бөйөр (böyör), Kazakh бүйрек (büirek), Kyrgyz бөйрөк (böyrök), Salar bögrek, Tatar бөер (böer), Turkmen böwrek, Uyghur بۆرەك (börek), Uzbek buyrak and Yakut бүөр (büör).

Noun

بوبرك • (böbrek)

  1. kidney, the organ in the body that filters the blood
    Synonyms: گرده (gürde), كلیه (külye)

Descendants

  • Gagauz: böbrek
  • Turkish: böbrek
  • Albanian: bubrek
  • Armenian: պէօվրէկ (pēōvrēk)
  • Bulgarian: бъбрек (bǎbrek)
  • Macedonian: бубрег (bubreg)
  • Romanian: bobric
  • Serbo-Croatian: бубрег (bubreg)

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