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Pashto
Noun
قاچاق • (qāčā́q) m
- contraband, smuggling
References
- “قاچاق”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
- Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “قاچاق”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Azerbaijani qaçaq (as in qaçaqmalçılıq), from qaçmaq (“to flee, escape”), from Common Turkic *kač- (“to run away, flee”). Related to Turkish kaçmak.
Pronunciation
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Dari reading?
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qāčāq
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Iranian reading?
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ğâčâğ
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Tajik reading?
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qočoq
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Noun
Dari
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قاچاق
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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қочоқ
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قاچاق • (qâčâq) (uncountable)
- contraband, illicit substances
- smuggling, trafficking, smuggled goods
Derived terms
- قاچاقچی (qâčâqči, “smuggler, trafficker”)
Uyghur
Etymology
From Common Turkic *kačgak, from Proto-Turkic *kač- (“to run away, to flee”).[1][2] Cognates with Turkish kaçak.
Pronunciation
Noun
قاچاق • (qachaq) (plural قاچاقلار (qachaqlar))
- deserter, fugitive
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kaç-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 589
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*KAč-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Further reading
- Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN