köken: As it is not attested in Classical dictionaries, it must be a later formation with the suffix -č like نمچ (namč, “humidity, moisture”): the base γ/qār- can be recognized in ﻏﺎری (ġâri, “sponge”), with -ī < -īk, being derived from Proto-Iranian *garH- (“soak, steep, moisten”). Hence perhaps originally meaning "sponge," it displaced سماروغ (samâruġ) in contemporary Iran. Compare Yaghnobi хорч…
köken: Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kömbe, most likely a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Cognate with Azerbaijani göbələk, Turkmen kömelek and Tatar гөмбә (gömbä).
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cucumellus, diminutive of Latin cucuma (“large cooking vessel”). Compare Galician cogomelo, Occitan cocomèla and Sardinian cugumeddu.
person with moderate learning difficulties · idiot, moron, imbecile
çekim: çoğul βλάκες · tamlayan βλάκα
eş: χαζός, ανόητος, κουτός, κουτορνίθι, μπούφος
zıt: έξυπνος
köken: Inherited from Ancient Greek βλάξ (bláx, “soft”) from the accusative singular τὸν (tòn) βλάκα (bláka), from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”) (through *μλάξ [mláx] > *μβλάξ [mbláx]). Cognates include Latin mollis (“soft, mild”), Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdú, “soft, mild, weak”) and English mild.
köken: Unknown. First attested in the 20th century. * Bruckner suggests a derivation from bucefał; supprted by Karłowicz, Sławski, and Długosz-Kurczabowa. * Bańkowksi suggests a derivation from dialectal German *Bandspfahl, from Band (“bonds”) + Pfahl (“pole”).
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъlbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥b-, an ablaut variant of *stelb (“post, pole, jamb”) (whence also stilbs, q.v.), from *stel- (“to put in a standing position, to erect; standing, immobile, stiff”) with an extra b. The semantic evolution was probably: “motionless, stiff” > “surprised, stunned” > “stupid”. Cognates include Old Irish borb (“foolish, silly”), Latvian…
aile: blboň
Etimoloji
Originally *sfungus. Along with Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos, “sponge”, whence Latin spongia), σφόγγος (sphóngos), and Old Armenian սունկն (sunkn), likely a loanword from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Possibly also related to Georgian სოკო (soḳo), Tsez зикӏу (zik’u), Bezhta сакӏо (sakʼo), Moksha панга (panga) and Erzya панго (pango, “mushroom”). Linguists such as Kluge and Kroonen…