Where does “bok” come from?
bok (Turkish) comes from Arabic بوق, from Old Turkic پوخ, from Proto-Turkic bok — feces; dirt, dung.
bok (Turkish): shit
Ancestry of “bok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | بوق | trumpet, conch; presenting falsities deliberately... |
| 2 | Old Turkic | پوخ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | bok | feces; dirt, dung |