Khalaj edit

Noun edit

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

  1. Arabic spelling of qoç (ram)

Declension edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

 
قوچ

Etymology edit

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 edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: koç
  • Armenian: խոչ (xočʿ), կոչ (kočʿ), ղոչ (ġočʿ)

Further reading edit

Persian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *koč (ram)

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Noun edit

قوچ (quč)

  1. ram, buck
    Antonym: میش (mêš)

References edit

  • 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 (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 747b