körfəz
Azerbaijani
variant
Definitions
- (geography) gulf
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek (modern) κόλπος (gulf, bay, vagina) derived from Ancient Greek κόλπος (bosom, gulf, bay, creek, hollow, any hollow space, womb).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κόλπος
Gloss
bosom, gulf, bay, creek, hollow, any hollow space, womb
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
江
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- colpo- English
- engulf English
- gulf English
- gulflike English
- gulfward English
- gulfweed English
- gulfy English
- colfos Latin
- colfus Latin
- colpus Latin
- βαθύκολπος Ancient Greek
- κόλπος Ancient Greek
- *kʷelp- Proto-Indo-European
- gulf Middle English
- κολπίτιδα Greek (modern)
- κόλπος Greek (modern)
- körfez Turkish