قاچاق

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Pashto

Noun

قاچاق (qāčā́qm

  1. contraband, smuggling

References

  • قاچاق”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “قاچاق”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

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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

Readings
Dari reading? qāčāq
Iranian reading? ğâčâğ
Tajik reading? qočoq

Noun

Dari قاچاق
Iranian Persian
Tajik қочоқ

قاچاق (qâčâq) (uncountable)

  1. contraband, illicit substances
  2. smuggling, trafficking, smuggled goods

Derived terms

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))

  1. deserter, fugitive

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kaç-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 589
  2. ^ 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