kazık

Meaning

Noun

1. A strong wooden or iron shaft, pointed at one end, driven into the ground for support, for tying a tether to or as a marker; a stake, pole or post.
2. A beam or pillar, driven completely into the ground; a pile.
3. (slang) deception, cheat, rip-off

Adj

very difficult, tough, meant to trip up; tricky

Concepts

post

stake

picket

pole

spile

Synonyms

direk

Translations

Pfahl

pieu

Stange

Pflock

estaca

pal

πάσσαλος

estaca

palo

estaca

staak

pal

piquet

παλούκι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈzɯk/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قازیق

Cognate with Azerbaijani: qazıx

Cognate with Bashkir: ҡаҙаҡ

Cognate with Crimean Tatar: къазыкъ

Cognate with Karakhanid: قَزُنكُقْ

Cognate with Kazakh: қазық

Cognate with Karaim: казык

Cognate with Kyrgyz: казык

Cognate with Kumyk: къазыкъ

Cognate with Nogai: казык

Cognate with Tatar: кадак

Cognate with Turkmen: gazyk

Cognate with Uyghur: قوزۇق

Cognate with Uzbek: qoziq

Cognate with Southern Altai: казык

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قازیق or قازق (kazık), from Proto-Turkic *kaŕguk or *kaŕŋuk (“pole, stake”), from *kaŕ- or *kaŕın- (“to tie an animal to a firm place”) with the suffix *-(g)uk, morphologically kaz- + -ık.
Cognates
Azerbaijani qazıx
Bashkir ҡаҙаҡ (qaźaq)
Crimean Tatar къазыкъ, qazıq
Karaim казык
Karakhanid قَزُنكُقْ (qazñğuq, qazuñuq)
Kazakh қазық (qazyq)
Kumyk къазыкъ (qazıq)
Kyrgyz казык (kazık)
Nogai казык (kazık)
Southern Altai казык (kazïk)
Tatar кадак (qadaq), казык (qazıq), qazıq
Turkmen gazyk
Uyghur قوزۇق (qozuq)
Uzbek qoziq