كوج

See also: کوچ, كوخ, گوچ, گوج, كوچ, and كۈچ

Arabic

Etymology

From Khorezmian Turkic كوچ (küç, “force, power, work, effort”), from Common Turkic *kǖč (“force”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːd͡ʒ/

Noun

كُوج • (kūj) m (obsolete, Ilkhanate)

1. service, power offered, corvee, what a vassal performs
   • 1283, “[Ilkhan] Aḥmad Tegüder’s Second Letter to [Sultan] Qalāʾūn”, in Judith Pfeiffer, editor, History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East. Studies in Honor of John E. Woods, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, published 2006, →ISBN, page 194:

     وَيَتَّفِقُ الْجَمِيعُ عَلَى الْقِيَامِ بِوَاجِبِ كُوجِ قَانَ وَخِدْمَتِهِ

     wa-yattafiqu l-jamīʕu ʕalā l-qiyāmi bi-wājibi kūji qāna wa-ḵidmati-hī

     And all agree upon performing work and service for the Khan.

Declension

Declension of noun كُوج (kūj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُوج kūj	الْكُوج al-kūj	كُوج kūj
Nominative	كُوجٌ kūjun	الْكُوجُ al-kūju	كُوجُ kūju
Accusative	كُوجًا kūjan	الْكُوجَ al-kūja	كُوجَ kūja
Genitive	كُوجٍ kūjin	الْكُوجِ al-kūji	كُوجِ kūji

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 625–628

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *köč-.

Verb

كُوَج (küweç/köç)

1. (Volga Bulgar) to migrate

Derived terms

• كُوَجڔوُي (küveçrüvi, “(he) migrated”)

Descendants

• Chuvash: куҫ (kuś)

References

• A Volga Bulgarian Inscription From 1307 A. Róna-tas, page 155 [2]
• Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎^[3] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 199

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Common Turkic *kǖč.

Noun

كُوجْ (kǖč)

1. strength, power

   اَلْبْ‌لارْ اَرِغْ اَلْقِشُرْ
   کُجْ بیٖـرْ قِلِبْ اَرْقَشُرْ
   بیٖـرْ بیٖـرْ اوُزا اَلْقِشَرْ
   اَذْکَرْمَذِبْ اُقْ اَتَارْ

   Alplar arïɣ alkïšur
   Küč bīr qïlïp arqašur
   Bīr bīr üze alqašur
   Eδgermeδip oq atār

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