Proto-Turkic: *Kob-
Meaning: 1 to slander 2 conjuration, exorcism
Russian meaning: 1 клеветать 2 заклинание
Old Turkic: qovla- 1 (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: qovuz, qovuč 2 (MK) Turkish: kovu, kovɨ (dial.) 'slander'
Middle Turkic: qov 'slander' (AH) Yakut: xobulā- 1
Comments: ЭСТЯ 6, 17-18, EDT 584, Clark 1977, 147. Turk. > WMong. qob 'gossip' (KW 181), whence again Oyr. qop etc. (VEWT 281). Despite EDT 584, hardly connected with *Kob- 'to chase' (v. sub *gŏ̀bè). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-atu,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-chg,turcet-jak,turcet-reference,
