تخته قوروسی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From تخته (tahta, “board, plank”) + Greek κοριός (koriós, “bug, bedbug”), reanalyzed as قورو (kuru, “dry, arid”).

Noun

تخته قوروسی • (tahta kurusu)

  1. bedbug, a small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of the species Cimex lectularius
    Synonym: تخته بتی (tahta biti)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tahtakurusu

Further reading

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