قوجاق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

A derivation of Proto-Turkic *kūč- (“to embrace”), whence قوچمق (koçmak, “to hug”).

Noun

قوجاق • (kucak)

1. breast, lap, embrace
2. armful

Related terms

• قوچمق (koçmak)

Descendants

• Turkish: kucak

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوجاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1480
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوجاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 976