قاچان
Khalaj
editAdverb
editقاچان (qaçân)
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology 1
editFrom قاچـ (kaç-, “to flee, escape, run away”) + ـان (-an).
Adjective
editقاچان • (kaçan)
Derived terms
edit- قولاغه قاچان (kulağa kaçan, “earwig”)
Descendants
edit- Turkish: kaçan
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kaçan2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2314
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاچان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1408
Etymology 2
editAdverb
editقاچان • (kaçan)
- (early Ottoman) Alternative spelling of هاچان (haçan, “when, at what time”)
Further reading
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- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قاچان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 922
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاچان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1408
Uyghur
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Perso-Arabic | قاچان |
Latin | qachan |
Cyrillic | қачан |
Etymology
editFrom *qačan "when, at what time", from Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative particle”).
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (qačan, “when”), Bashkir ҡасан (qasan), Kazakh қашан (qaşan), Kyrgyz качан (kacan), Uzbek qachon, Shor қачан, Yakut хаһан (qahan, “when”), etc.
Adverb
editقاچان • (qachan)
- when, at what time