کوک
Chagatai
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kȫk (“blue, green”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kük /kök/, “blue”).
Noun
کوک (kök) (plural كوكلار)
Descendants
Adjective
کوک (kök)
Descendants
Persian
Noun
کوک • (kuk)
- the act of tuning a musical instrument
- a musical tuning system, e.g. a mode of a dastgah
Derived terms
- کوک کردن (kuk kardan)
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: كوك
Punjabi
Etymology
From the stem of کُوکݨا (kūkṇā, “to crow”), inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (kukkaï), from Sanskrit *कूक्कति (*kūkkati), onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /kuːkᵊ/
Noun
کُوک • (kūk) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੂਕ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کُوک (kūk) | کُوکاں (kūkāṉ) |
| oblique | کُوک (kūk) | کُوکاں (kūkāṉ) |
| vocative | کُوکے (kūke) | کُوکو (kūko) |
| ablative | کُوکوں (kūkoṉ) | کُوکاں (kūkāṉ) |
| locative | کُوکی (kūkī) | کُوکِیں (kūkīṉ) |
| instrumental | کُوکِیں (kūkīṉ) | کُوکے (kūke) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کُوک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਕੂਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kūkkati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press