كبزه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *(k)Ebŕe (“shoulder blade; augury”).[1]

Alternative forms

  • كاوزه (kâvze)

Noun

كبزه • (kebze) (definite accusative كبزه‌یی (kebzeyi), plural كبزه‌لر (kebzeler))

  1. shoulder blade, scapula, omoplate, either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder
    Synonym: كورك كمیكی (kürek kemiği)
  2. augury, soothsaying, divination, especially if based on the inspection of shoulder blades
Derived terms
  • كبزه‌جی (kebzeci, “soothsayer”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: kebze

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(k)Ebŕe”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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Etymology 2

From earlier ككبوزه (geğbüze, gekbüze), vulgarized form of Byzantine Greek τὰ Κίβυζα (tà Kíbuza), perhaps a corruption of the original Ancient Greek name Λῐ́βῠσσᾰ (Lĭ́bŭssă). This city was celebrated in antiquity as the place containing the tomb of Hannibal, which was rebuilt by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Alternative forms

  • ككبوزه (geğbüze, gekbüze)

Proper noun

كبزه • (gebze)

  1. Gebze (a city and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey)
Descendants

Further reading

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