قویروق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kudruk (“tail”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰺𐰆𐰸 (qudruq), Azerbaijani quyruq, Bashkir ҡойроҡ (qoyroq), Chuvash хӳре (hüre), Kazakh құйрық (qūiryq), Kyrgyz куйрук (kuyruk), Turkmen guýruk, Uyghur قۇيرۇق (quyruq) and Uzbek quyruq.

Noun

قویروق • (kuyruk) (definite accusative قویروغی (kuyruğu), plural قویروقلر (kuyruklar))

  1. tail, the caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus
    Synonyms: دم (dum), دمبال (dumbal), ذنب (zeneb)
  2. tail, any object or part of it resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails
    Synonym: ذنب (zeneb)
  3. queue, a line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence

Derived terms

  • آت قویروغی (at kuyruğu, “horsetail”)
  • آرسلان قویروغی (arslan kuyruğu, “motherwort”)
  • تلكی قویروغی (tilki kuyruğu, “foxtail”)
  • صیغیر قویروغی (sığır kuyruğu, “great mullein”)
  • قاطر قویروغی (katır kuyruğu, “horseshoe vetch”)
  • قامچی قویروق (kamçı kuyruk, “nag, useless horse”)
  • قویروق آجیسی (kuyruk acısı, “vexation”)
  • قویروق اوستی (kuyruk üstü, “upper surface of the tail”)
  • قویروق اولمق (kuyruk olmak, “to form a line or queue”)
  • قویروق صالان (kuyruk salan, “wagtail”)
  • قویروق صاللامق (kuyruk sallamak, “to wag the tail”)
  • قویروق صوقومی (kuyruk sokumu, “sacrum, holy bone”)
  • قویروق قیصمق (kuyruk kısmak, “to threaten”)
  • قویروق كمیكی (kuyruk kemiği, “tailbone”)
  • قویروق یاغی (kuyruk yağı, “fat of a sheep's tail”)
  • قویروقسز (kuyruksuz, “tailless”)
  • قویروقلو (kuyruklu, “tailed”)
  • قیل قویروق (kıl kuyruk, “pheasant”)
  • گوز قویروغی (göz kuyruğu, “angle of the eye”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kuyruk
  • → Armenian: խույրուխ (xuyrux)

Further reading

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