Where does “ბუკი” come from?

ბუკი (Georgian) comes from Arabic بوق, from Old Turkic پوخ, from Proto-Turkic bok — feces; dirt, dung.

ბუკი (Georgian): trumpet

Definitions

  1. trumpet

Ancestry of “ბუკი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبوقtrumpet, conch; presenting falsities deliberately...
2Old Turkicپوخ—
3Proto-Turkicbokfeces; dirt, dung

Words derived from “ბუკი”

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