qoşun

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): [ɡoˈʃun]
  • Hyphenation: qo‧şun

Etymology

From Common Turkic *qošun[1]. Equivalent to qoş- (to join, unite, attach) + -un. Cognate with Kazakh қосын (qosın), Uzbek qo‘shin.

Noun

qoşun (definite accusative qoşunu, plural qoşunlar)[2]

  1. (mostly plural) army, troops, armed forces
    nizami qoşunlarıregular troops
    quru qoşunlarıland forces
    qoşun yığmaqto raise troops
    qoşun çəkmək (idiomatic)
    to set out for a military campaign
    (literally, “to move troops”)
  2. horde
    düşmən qoşunlarıenemy hordes
  3. (attributive) military, army
    qoşun kəşfiyyatıarmy intelligence
Declension
Descendants
  • Armenian: ղոշուն (łošun) (dialectal)

References

  1. Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006) Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 563
  2. Tağıyev M. T. et al., editors (2006), qoşun”, in Azərbaycanca-rusca lüğət [Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary], volume III, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 192a

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡoʃun]
  • Hyphenation: qo‧şun

Verb

qoşun

  1. second-person plural imperative of qoşmaq
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