kul

Meaning

1. slave (sense as a noun mostly archaic, except "kul köle" and similar idioms - even figuratively, where "köle" is commoner. An exception is the verb form "kulluk yapmak, "to serve" in pejorative sense)
2. servant
3. position of man according to God (No equivalent, even in "servant" of the lord this sense is preserved. In this context "mortal" sense in vernacular is understood, versus an "immortal god")

Concepts

slave

subject

liege

vassal

servant

liege subject

feudatory

human

liegeman

feud

Synonyms

köle

esir

insan

tebaa

tımar sahibi

tutsak

uşak

derebeyine bağlı kimse

derbeyine bağlı kimse

karavaş

hizmetçi

Translations

esclave

Sklave

esclau

vassall

súbdit

Gefolgsmann

Lehnsmann

esclava

Sklavin

Untertan

Vasall

untertan

δούλος

σκλάβος

عَبْد

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قول

Cognate with Old Turkish: 𐰴𐰆𐰞

Cognate with Karakhanid: قُلْ

Cognate with Kazakh: құл

Cognate with Khakas: хул

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قول (kul, “male slave, servant”), from Old Anatolian Turkish قل (qul), from Proto-Turkic *kul (“slave, servant”). Cognate to Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰞 (qul, “slave”), Karakhanid قُلْ (qul, “slave”), Kazakh құл (qūl), Khakas хул (xul).