کوک

See also: ـکوک and كوك

Chagatai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kȫk (blue, green). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kük /⁠kök⁠/, blue).

Noun

کوک (kök) (plural كوكلار)

  1. sky

Descendants

  • Uyghur: كۆك (kök)
  • Uzbek: koʻk

Adjective

کوک (kök)

  1. blue
  2. green
  3. grue

Descendants

Persian

Noun

کوک • (kuk)

  1. the act of tuning a musical instrument
  2. a musical tuning system, e.g. a mode of a dastgah

Derived terms

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

From the stem of کُوکݨا (kūkṇā, to crow), inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (kukkaï), from Sanskrit *कूक्कति (*kūkkati), onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Noun

کُوک • (kūkf (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੂਕ)

  1. a cry; call
  2. shriek
  3. a soft, melodious sound

Declension

Declension of کوک
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