قفتان بوجكی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Compound of قفتان (kaftan, “kaftan, robe”) + بوجك (böcek, “bug”).
Noun
قفتان بوجكی • (kaftan böceği)
- ladybird, any beetle of the family Coccinellidae
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قفتان بوجكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 966
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قفتان بوجكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1465