göbek

From Ottoman Turkish كوبك (göbek, “navel”), from Proto-Turkic *gȫpek. Likely related to gebe (“pregnant”), gebermek (“to die”, from earlier “to swell, to inflate”), kabarmak (“to swell”).

• IPA^(key): /ɟø.bec/

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göbek (definite accusative göbeği, plural göbekler)

1. navel, umbilicus
2. paunch, potbelly, belly
3. middle, core, center, heart
4. heart (of lettuce, cabbage, etc.)
5. central design (on a carpet, rug, tray, ceiling or in a garden, etc.)
6. traffic circle, rotary, circle
7. hub (of a wheel)
8. kernel of nuts