Etymology

bucak

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Today it means: A subdistrict of a district within a Turkish province. Full definition →

Turkish bucak ← Ottoman Turkish بوجاق ← Proto-Turkic *būč-gak
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  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*būč-gak
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromبوجاق
  3. Turkish · borrowed frombucak
  4. English todaybucak

From Turkish bucak, from Ottoman Turkish بوجاق, literally meaning "corner", from Proto-Turkic *būč-gak, from *būč- or *bïč-.

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