كوی

See also: كوى, گوی, and کوی

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Classical Persian کوی (kōy) or from Middle Armenian գիւղ (giwġ), գեօղ (geōġ, “village”).[1] Compare the variants كُوكْ (köğ), كوو (köv), still seen in Anatolian dialects.

Noun

كُویْ • (koy)

  1. village
    • 14th Century, Edhem bin Ḥıfẓu'llah bin Ḥasan eṭ-Ṭavīl el-Baġdādī, Tebâreke Tefsiri:
      [...] بر خراب كویه ارشدی • كمردی كه دیوارلری یقلمش اولری ویران اولمش
      bir ḫerāb koya ẹrişdi. gördi ki dīvārları yıqılmış, ẹvleri vīrān olmış
      he reached a ruined village. He saw that its walls are ruined, its houses have been desolated

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: كوی (köy), كوك (köğ), كوو (köv)
    • Turkish: köy
    • → Crimean Tatar: köy

From the alternative form كُوكْ (köğ):

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “köy”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كُویْ (köy), كُوكْ (köğ). See it for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cøj/
  • (Western Western Rumelia often) IPA(key): /co̞j/

Noun

كوی • (köy) (definite accusative كویو (köyü), plural كویلر (köyler))

  1. village, a rural settlement of size between a hamlet and a town
    Synonyms: ده (dih), قریه (karye), كنت (kent)
  2. countryside, a rural area located outside of towns and cities
    Synonym: قیر (kır)

Derived terms

  • آرناود كوی (arnavud köy, “Arnavutköy, a district in Turkey”)
  • ارنكوی (erenköy, “Erenköy, a village in Çanakkale district”)
  • باقركوی (bakırköy, “Bakırköy, a district in Turkey”)
  • خاصكوی (hasköy, “Haskovo, a city in Bulgaria”)
  • كوی آدمی (köy adamı, “villager”)
  • كوی صو باشیسی (köy su başısı, “officer who maintains the village”)
  • كوی فنری (köy feneri, “physalis”, literally “village's lighthouse”)
  • كوی كزیری (köy geziri, “bailiff of the village”)
  • كوی كهیاسی (köy kehyası, “notable of the village”)
  • كویلك (köylük, “quality of a village”)
  • كویلو (köylü, “villager”)
  • كویه كتمك (köye gitmek, “to go into the country”)
  • پهلوان كوی (pehlivân köy, “Pehlivanköy, a district in Turkey”)
  • چركس كوی (çerkes köy, “Çerkezköy, a district in Turkey”)
  • یشیل كوی (yeşil köy, “Yeşilköy, a neighbourhood in Bakırköy district”)

Descendants

Further reading

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