kuşak
See also: kusak
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish قوشاق, from Ottoman Turkish قوشامق (kuşamak).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kuşak (definite accusative kuşağı, plural kuşaklar)
- cummerbund
- (astronomy) belt
- Hyponyms: Asteroit Kuşağı, Kuiper Kuşağı
- (geography) strip, region
- Hyponyms: ağaç kuşağı, arktik kuşak, ısı kuşağı, iklim kuşağı, zaman kuşağı
- (sociology) generation
- 2022 June 14, Ateş İlyas Başsoy, “Ergen muhalefeti”, BirGün website:
- Belki de hepimiz ergeniz, hepimiz Z Kuşağı’yız.
- Maybe we’re all adolescents, we’re all Generation Z.
- 2022 June 14, Ateş İlyas Başsoy, “Ergen muhalefeti”, BirGün website:
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قوشاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1488