قازیق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قازق (kazık)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

قازیق • (kazık)

1. pale, stake, peg, post driven into the ground
2. pivot on which a thing turns
3. trick, cheat, a piece of roguery

Descendants

• Turkish: kazık
• → Egyptian Arabic: قزق (qazaq)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kazık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük