kodak

English

Etymology

Genericization of the trademark Kodak.

Noun

kodak (plural kodaks)

  1. (dated) A camera: a device for taking still photographs.
  2. (dated) A still photograph.

Verb

kodak (third-person singular simple present kodaks, present participle kodaking, simple past and past participle kodaked)

  1. (transitive, dated) To photograph.
  2. (transitive, dated) To describe or characterise briefly and vividly.

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:kodak.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Genericization of the trademark Kodak.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ko‧dak

Noun

kodak

  1. a camera; a device for taking still photographs

Verb

kodak

  1. to take a photograph
  2. to have one's photograph taken

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:kodak.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Kodak.

Noun

kodak

  1. camera

References
  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From Kodak.

Noun

kodak

  1. camera

References
  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Tagalog

Etymology

From English kodak, a genericization of the trademark Kodak.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ko‧dak
  • IPA(key): /ˈkodak/, [ˈko.dɐk]

Noun

kodak (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜃ᜔)

  1. (dated) a camera; a device for taking still photographs
    Synonym: kamera

Derived terms
  • kodakan
  • magkodakan
  • magpakodakan

References
  • “kodak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2‎, page 93

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koˈdak/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish قودق‎ (koduk)[1][2], قودق‎ (kodak, “donkey colt”)[3]

Noun

kodak (definite accusative kodağı, plural kodaklar) (dialectal)

  1. (Bulgaristan Türkleri Kocaeli, Çorum, Van, Kerkük) colt

Etymology 2

Possibly from Middle Turkish koduk. Several etymologies may be mixed here.

Noun

kodak (definite accusative kodağı, plural kodaklar) (dialectal)

  1. family
  2. (Salatin *Tire -İzmir) shelter[4]
  3. (Salatin *Tire -İzmir) home[4]
  4. (Aydın) follower
  5. (Çorum) a child who is tied to his/her mother's apron strings

References
  1. Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  2. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قودوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1482
  3. Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kodak¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2704
  4. Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kodak⁵”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2704
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