بوغا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *buka (“bull”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰸𐰀 (b¹uq̊¹a /⁠buqa⁠/), Azerbaijani buğa, Bashkir Буға (Buğa), Kazakh бұқа (būqa), Kyrgyz бука (buka), Tatar бога (boğa), Turkmen buga, Uyghur بۇقا (buqa) and Uzbek buga.

Noun

بوغا • (boğa) (definite accusative بوغایی (boğayı), plural بوغالر (boğalar))

  1. bull, a domesticated adult male of the species Bos taurus, specifically one that is uncastrated
    Synonym: ثور (sevr)
  2. (astronomy) Taurus, a constellation of the zodiac located in the northern celestial hemisphere
  3. (astrology) Taurus, the zodiac sign for the bull covering April 21 - May 21 or May 16 - June 15

Derived terms

  • بوغا دیكنی (boğa dikeni, “milk thistle”)
  • بوغا یپراغی (boğa yaprağı, “fleabane”)
  • بوغالامق (boğalamak, “to calve”)
  • قره بوغا (kara boğa, “bull buffalo”)
  • كله بوغا (kele boğa, “wanton, a lewd man”, literally “young bull”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: boğa
  • → Bulgarian: буга́ (bugá), буа́ (buá)
  • → Greek: μπουγάς (bougás)
  • → Middle Armenian: բուղայ (buġay)
  • → Romanian: bugă
  • → Ubykh: быӷәы (bəğʷə)

Further reading

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