Arabic

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Etymology

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A pre-Mamluk Turkic borrowing. This word has later been borrowed again into the Egyptian dialect as قَزَق (qazaq, pole) from its version in Ottoman Turkish قازیق (kazık, pale, stake, post driven into the ground).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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خَازُوق (ḵāzūqm (plural خَوَازِيق (ḵawāzīq))

  1. pale, stake, pile, impalement, post

Declension

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References

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  • Procházka, Stephan (2009) “Turkish Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 589-590