قیزاق

Ottoman Turkish

قیزاق

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïŕak (“sledge, sleigh; skate”); cognate with Azerbaijani xizək, Bashkir ҡуҙы (quźı), Karakhanid [script needed] (qızaq), Tatar кызав (qızaw) and Uyghur [script needed] (quzuq).

Noun

قیزاق • (kızak)

  1. sledge, sled, sleigh, every vehicle which moves over snow or ice
  2. skate, a runner or blade fastened under the foot and used for gliding on ice

Derived terms

  • قیزاق قایمق (kızak kaymak, “to skate or slide on ice”)
  • قیزاقلق (kızaklak, “piece of timber fit for a sledge”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kızak
  • → Armenian: խզախ (xzax), խզակ (xzak)
  • → Egyptian Arabic: قزق (qazaq)

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