كوكج

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *küdeč (“earthenware pot”); cognate with Azerbaijani güvəc, Karakhanid كُزَجْ (küzeč), Old Uyghur 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽱𐽶𐽽 (küvič), Southern Altai кӧӧш (kööš) and Turkmen göweç.

Noun

كوكج • (güvec) (definite accusative كوكجی (güveci), plural كوكجلر (güvecler))

  1. any flat, shallow, earthenware cooking pot, especially a casserole or stewpan

Derived terms

  • كوكج فرونی (güvec furunu, “earthen stove”)
  • كوكج پلاوی (güvec pilavı, “pilaf cooked in an earthen pot”)

Descendants

  • Gagauz: güveç
  • Turkish: güveç
  • → Albanian: gjyveç
  • → Armenian: կիւվէճ (kiwvēč), կէօվէճ (kēōvēč)
  • → Bulgarian: гювеч (gjuveč)
  • → Greek: γιουβέτσι (giouvétsi)
  • → Macedonian: ѓувеч (ǵuveč)
  • → Romanian: ghiveci
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ђувеч
    Latin script: đuveč

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