kucak

Meaning

  1. embrace
  2. lap, bosom

Synonyms

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ku.dʒɑk/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوجاق (kucak), from قوچمق (koçmak, “to hug”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kūč- (“to embrace”). Compare dialectal kuç- (“to hug”). Cognate with Kazakh құшақ (qūşaq, “embrace”), Kyrgyz кучак (kucak, “embrace”), Southern Altai кучак (kučak, “embrace, armful”), Uzbek quchoq (“embrace”), Uyghur قۇچاق (quchaq, “embrace”), Bashkir ҡосаҡ (qosaq, “embrace”), Turkmen gujak (“embrace”).

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