اوشاق
Old Anatolian Turkish
Alternative forms
- اوشاغ (uşaġ), اوشاخ (uşaḫ), اوشق (uşaq)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *ubšak, a derivation from *ubša-. By surface analysis, اوشاـ (uşa-, “to make small, to break down”) + ـاق (-aq).
Adjective
اوشاق • (uşaq)
Noun
اوشاق • (uşaq) (definite accusative اوشاغی (uşaġı), plural اوشاقلر (uşaqlar))
- child, kid
- Synonyms: چولق (çoluq), جرباغ (cırbaġ), اوغلانجوق (oġlancuq)
- small, dust-sized piece of something
- anklebone
Derived terms
- اوشاجوق (uşacuq, “little kid”)
- اوشاق دوشك (uşaq devşek, “(collective) children”)
Related terms
- اوق (uvaq, “tiny”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “uşak”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 678
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uşak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- “uşak”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوشاق (uşaq), from Proto-Common Turkic *ubšak, a derivation from *ubša- compare Old Turkic [script needed] (uvšak/ušak, “small”), Azerbaijani uşaq.
Noun
اوشاق • (uşak)
- boy, lad, youth, a young male
- manservant, servingman, a male servant
- apprentice, a trainee in a skilled trade
Derived terms
- آت اوشاغی (at uşağı, “groom”)
- او اوشاقلری (ev uşakları, “members of a household”)
- اوشاق قاپان (uşak kapan, “Nubian vulture”)
- اوشاقلق (uşaklık, “profession of a manservant”)
- چادر اوشاغی (çadır uşağı, “tent-pitcher”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “uşak4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5001
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “اوشاق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[2], Vienna: F. Beck, page 81a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوشاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 189
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Puerulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[4], Vienna, column 1401
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اوشاق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, column 517
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uşak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوشاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 254
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic أُشَّق (ʔuššaq, “gum ammoniac”), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wšʾk /wašak/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (wšk /wašak/).
Alternative forms
- وشق (vuşak)
Noun
اوشاق • (uşak)
- gum ammoniac, ammoniacum, a resin exuded from several plants of the genus Ferula
Derived terms
- اوشاق فدانی (uşak fidanı, “Ferula ammoniacum”)
Descendants
- Turkish: uşak
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “uşak5”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5001
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوشاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 254