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bozuk.

Broken, damaged, faulty, out of order.

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj/boˈzuk/

  1. Broken, damaged, faulty, out of order.

  2. Gone bad, spoilt, rotten.

  3. Bummed out, out of sorts, in bad mood.

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوزق (bozuḳ) or بوزوق (bozuḳ, “broken; bad”), from Ottoman Turkish بوزمق (bozmaḳ, “to demolish, to take down, to destroy, to defeat, to rout”), from Proto-Turkic *buŕ- (“to demolish, to ruin”). By surface analysis, boz- + -uk.

noun/boˈzuk/

  1. ellipsis of bozuk para; change, small denominations of money, coin.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis

  2. A long-necked lute, slightly larger than the Turkish bağlama.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوزق (bozuḳ) or بوزوق (bozuḳ, “broken; bad”), from Ottoman Turkish بوزمق (bozmaḳ, “to demolish, to take down, to destroy, to defeat, to rout”), from Proto-Turkic *buŕ- (“to demolish, to ruin”). By surface analysis, boz- + -uk.

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