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bok

Pronunciation: /buːk/

“bok” is a Swedish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. collection of sheets of paper
  2. a work of literature
  3. a major division of a published work
  4. beech (tree of the genus Fagus)

Etymology

From Old Swedish bōk, from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, of uncertain origin but usually connected to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵ- (“beech”) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to allot”).

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