قوزغونجق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قوزغون (kuzgun, “raven”) +‎ ـجق (-cuk, diminutive suffix).

Noun

قوزغونجق • (kuzguncuk)

Diminutive of قوزغون (kuzgun, “raven”):
1. the small grilled window or wicket in the gate of a prison

Descendants

Turkish: kuzguncuk

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kuzguncuk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2877
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوزغونجق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 982
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوزغونجق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1488

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