Where does “բուկ” come from?
բուկ (Armenian) comes from Middle Armenian պուկ, from Arabic بوق, from Old Turkic پوخ, from Proto-Turkic bok — feces; dirt, dung.
բուկ (Armenian): throat; neck; swallow, draught, gulp
Definitions
- throat; neck; swallow, draught, gulp
Ancestry of “բուկ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Armenian | պուկ | throat |
| 2 | Arabic | بوق | trumpet, conch; presenting falsities deliberately... |
| 3 | Old Turkic | پوخ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | bok | feces; dirt, dung |