پوجه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

پوجا (poca)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian poggia, inflection of the verb poggiare (“to lean, stand, rest”).

Noun

پوجه • (poca)

(nautical) lee, the side of a ship away from the wind

Descendants

Turkish: boca

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “boca”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 639
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پوجا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 325b
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “boca”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پوجه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 456

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