قاچاق
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *kačgak (“escape”), a derivation from the root *kač- (“to flee, escape”), whence قاچمق (kaçmak, “to flee, escape”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qaçaq, Kazakh қашақ (qaşaq), Uyghur قاچاق (qachaq) and Uzbek qochoq.
Noun
قاچاق • (kaçak) (definite accusative قاچاغی (kaçağı), plural قاچاقلر (kaçaklar))
- runaway, fugitive, escapee, a person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place
- Synonyms: فراری (firari), قاچغین (kaçgın)
- (military) deserter, a person who abandoned a military duty or post with the intention of not returning
Derived terms
- كمرك قاچاغی (gümrük kaçağı, “goods smuggled into a country”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “قاچاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 445
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kaçak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2313
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قاچاق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 348b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قاچاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 922
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaçak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاچاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1408
Pashto
Noun
قاچاق • (qāčā́q) m
References
- “قاچاق”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
- Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “قاچاق”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Azerbaijani qaçaq (as in qaçaqmalçılıq), from qaçmaq (“to flee, escape”), from Proto-Common Turkic *kač- (“to run away, flee”). Related to Turkish kaçmak.
Pronunciation
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qɑː.t͡ʃʰɑ́ːq]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qɒː.t͡ʃʰɒ́ːɢ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [qɔ.t͡ʃʰɔ́q]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Dari reading? | qāčāq |
| Iranian reading? | ġâčâġ |
| Tajik reading? | qočoq |
Noun
| Dari | قاچاق |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | қочоқ |
قاچاق • (qâčâq) (uncountable)
- contraband, illicit substances
- smuggling, trafficking, smuggled goods
Derived terms
- قاچاقچی (qâčâqči, “smuggler, trafficker”)
Uyghur
Etymology
From Proto-Common Turkic *kačgak, from Proto-Turkic *kač- (“to run away, to flee”).[1][2] Cognates with Turkish kaçak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qɑt͡ʃɑq/
Noun
قاچاق • (qachaq) (plural قاچاقلار (qachaqlar))
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kaç-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 589
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*KAč-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Further reading
- Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN