بوكور

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بوكر (böğür)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bögür (“kidney; side of body”); cognate with Azerbaijani böyür, Bashkir бөйөр (böyör), Chuvash пӳре (püre), Kazakh бүйір (büiır), Tatar бөер (böer), Turkmen böwür and Yakut бүөр (büör).

Noun

بوكور • (böğür) (definite accusative بوكوری (böğürü), plural بوكورلر (böğürler))

  1. side, flank, the flesh between the last rib and the hip
    Synonym: پهلو (pehlu)
  2. sidepiece of a saddle frame, which is attached to its side

Derived terms

  • اكری بوكوری (eğri böğürü, “crooked, twisted”)
  • الی بوكورنده (eli böğürinde, “desperate, discouraged”, literally “with the hands on the flanks”)
  • بوش بوكور (boş böğür, “hypochondrium”)
  • بوكورلو (böğürlü, “furnished with a side”)
  • طاغك بوكوری (dağıñ böğürü, “mountain flank”)
  • بوبرك (böbrek, “kidney”)
  • بورك (börek, “burek”)
  • بوكرلجه (böğrülce, “kidney bean”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: böğür

Further reading

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