اوق

Old Anatolian Turkish

ایكی اوق

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ok; cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸 (ok), Azerbaijani ox, Bashkir уҡ (uq), Chuvash ухӑ (uh̬ă), Kazakh оқ (oq), Kyrgyz ок (ok), Turkmen ok, Uyghur ئوق (oq) and Uzbek oʻq.

Alternative forms

• اوخ (oḫ)

Noun

اوق • (oq) (definite accusative اوقی (oqı), plural اوقلر (oqlar))

1. arrow

Derived terms

• اوخ یمك (oḫ yemäk, “to get shot”)
• اوخلامق (oḫlamaq, “to shoot”)
• اوق آتمق (oq atmaq, “to shoot”)
• اوق آتمی یر (oq atumı yer, “shooting range”)
• اوق آیاقلامق (oq ayaqlamaq, “to fix an arrow”)
• اوق اورمق (oq urmaq, “to shoot”)
• اوق ایلانی (oq ılanı, “slender whip snake”)
• اوق بزاقمق (oq bıraqmaq, “to shoot; to pick randomly”)
• اوق سپیتمك (oq säpitmäk, “to make arrows rain”)
• اوق قاچرمق (oq qaçırmaq, “to shoot an arrow farther than initially hoped”)
• اوق قومق (oq qomaq, “to shoot”)
• اوقه دیكمك (oqa dikmäk, oqa digmäk, “to aim”)
• اوقچی (oqçı, “archer, shooter”)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: ox
• Gagauz: ok
• Ottoman Turkish: اوق (ok)
  • Turkish: ok
  • → Armenian: օխ (ōx)

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “ok”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 515
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ub-

Alternative forms

• اوخ (uvaḫ), اووق (uvaq), اواق (uvaq)

Adjective

اوق • (uvaq) (comparative اوغرق (uvaġıraq))

1. tiny, minuscule, small

Noun

اوق • (uvaq)

1. tiny, minuscule piece of something
2. crumb

Derived terms

• اواق دوك (uvaq däväk, “small, unimportant”)
• اوغرق (uvaġıraq, “smaller, minor; tiny”)
• اونمق (uvanmaq, “to break”)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: ufaq
• Gagauz: ufak
• Ottoman Turkish: اوفاق (ufak)
  • Turkish: ufak

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “uvak”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 689
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ufak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “uvak”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

Ottoman Turkish

اوقلر

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوق (oq), from Proto-Turkic *ok (“arrow”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸 (ok), Azerbaijani ox, Bashkir уҡ (uq), Chuvash ухӑ (uh̬ă), Kazakh оқ (oq), Kyrgyz ок (ok), Turkmen ok, Uyghur ئوق (oq) and Uzbek oʻq.

Noun

اوق • (ok) (definite accusative اوقی (oku), plural اوقلر (oklar))

1. arrow, dart, bolt, a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail that is shot from a bow

   Synonyms: تیر (tir), سهم (sehm)

2. quill, a sharply pointed, barbed needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine

   Synonym: توی قلم (tüy kalem)

3. any stick, beam or pole used as an adjunct to, and at right angles with some larger thing

Derived terms

• آتش اوقی (ateş oku, “fire arrow”)
• اوق آتمق (ok atmak, “to shoot arrows”)
• اوق آتمی (ok atımı, “bowshot distance”)
• اوق میدانی (ok meydanı, “archery ground”)
• اوق یمك (ok yemek, “to be hit by an arrow”)
• اوق ییلانی (ok yılanı, “oriental ratsnake”)
• اوقجی (okcu, “maker or seller of arrows”)
• اوقلتمق (oklatmak, “to let be shot with arrows”)
• اوقلق (okluk, “quiver”)
• اوقلمق (oklamak, “to shoot with an arrow”)
• اوقلو (oklu, “furnished with arrows or quills”)
• اوقی كزلمك (oku gezlemek, “to make a notch on an arrow”)
• تاتار اوقی (tatar oku, “crossbow”)
• تعلیم اوقی (tâʼlim oku, “headless arrow used for practice”)
• تمرنسز اوق (temrensiz ok, “dartless arrow”)
• زهرلی اوق (zehirli ok, “poisoned arrow”)
• ششپر اوق (şeşper ok, “large bolt from a catapult”)
• صبان اوقی (saban oku, “beam of a plough”)
• طومار اوقی (tomar oku, “fire-ball”)
• عربه اوقی (ʼaraba oku, “tongue of a carriage”)
• قضا اوقی (kaza oku, “stroke of destiny”)
• قمار اوقی (kumar oku, “arrow used in gambling”)
• كمان اوقی (keman oku, “bow of a violin”)
• نشان اوقی (nişan oku, “arrow made to hit the mark”)
• پیكانلو اوق (peykânlı ok, “arrow provided with a arrowhead”)
• چاتی اوقی (çatı oku, “ridgepole”)

Descendants

• Turkish: ok
• → Armenian: օխ (ōx)

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “اوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 176
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ok1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3595
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “اوق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[2], Vienna: F. Beck, page 83a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 194a
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sagitta”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1501
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اوق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 525
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 259