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böcek.

bug, insect

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/bøˈd͡ʒec/
  1. bug, insect

    Yemeğimde böcek var!
  2. any small invertebrate animal (such as worms, larvae and slugs)

    colloquial
  3. shellfish

    dated
  4. spiny lobster, rock lobster

  5. bug (A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device)

  6. bug (A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.)

  7. bug (A problem that needs fixing.)

  8. a member of the secret police in the Ottoman Empire

    historical
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوجك (böcek), from Proto-Turkic *bȫgček. Equivalent to böğ (“camel spider”) + -cik (diminutive suffix).

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