Khalaj

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Noun

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قوْچ (qoç) (definite accusative قوْچوُ, plural قوْچلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of qoç (ram)

Declension

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Ottoman Turkish

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قوچ

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *koč (ram); cognate with Azerbaijani qoç, Bashkir ҡусҡар (qusqar), Kazakh қошқар (qoşqar), Kyrgyz кочкор (kockor), Turkmen goç, Uyghur قوچقار (qochqar), Uzbek qoʻchqar and Hungarian kos.

Noun

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قوچ (koç)

  1. ram, an adult male of the species Ovis aries
    Synonym: كبش (kebş)
  2. brave and courageous man, hero
    Synonyms: شاهباز (şahbaz), قهرمان (kahraman), یگیت (yiğit)
  3. (astronomy) Aries, a constellation of the zodiac
  4. (astrology) Aries, the zodiac sign for the ram

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: koç
  • Armenian: խոչ (xočʻ), կոչ (kočʻ), ղոչ (ġočʻ)

Further reading

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *koč (ram).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qūč
Dari reading? qūč
Iranian reading? ğuč
Tajik reading? quč

Noun

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قوچ (quč)

  1. ram, buck
    Antonym: میش (mêš)

References

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  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “قوچ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[6] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 747b