qoçaq

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Apparently from qoç (ram) + -aq.

Cognate with Turkmen and Turkish koçak, Kumyk къоччакъ (qoççaq), Karakalpak қошшақ.

Adjective

qoçaq (comparative daha qoçaq, superlative ən qoçaq)

  1. brave, daring, dashing
    Synonyms: igid, qorxmaz, mərd

Descendants

  • Khalaj: [script needed] (qočaq)
  • Lezgi: къуччагъ (q̄uč̄aġ) (or from Kumyk)
  • Lak: къучагъ (q:učağ)
  • Northern Kurdish: qoçax (or from Turkish)
  • Persian: قچاق, قچّاق (healthy, hale, stout, robust; powerful; stout, fat)

Noun

qoçaq (definite accusative qoçağı, plural qoçaqlar)

  1. a braveheart; a heart of oak

Declension

Adverb

qoçaq

  1. quickly
  2. in time

References

  • Levitskaja, L. S.; Dybo, A. V.; Rassadin, V. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume VI, Moscow: Indrik, page 88-89
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20) (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1422, page 420

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