قصراق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïsrak, a derivation from *kïsïr. By surface analysis, قصیر (qısır) +‎ ـاق (-aq).

Noun

قصراق • (qısıraq or qısraq) (definite accusative قصراغی (qısıraġı, qısraġı), plural قصراقلر (qısıraqlar, qısraqlar))

  1. mare, female horse
    Synonym: بایتال (baytal)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: qısraq
  • Gagauz: kısırak
  • Ottoman Turkish: قیصراق, قسراق (kısrak)
    • Turkish: kısrak
    • → Armenian: խըսրախ (xəsrax), կըսրախ (kəsrax), ղըսրաղ (ġəsraġ)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “kısrak”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 439
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kısrak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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