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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From earlier dutsaq, equivalent to tut- (“to catch, capture, arrest”) + -saq. The pronunciation of tutmaq with an initial /d-/ was commonplace up until ca. the XVIIIth century (and still occurs dialectally). Cognate with Turkish tutsak (<Ottoman Turkish طوتساق).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: dus‧taq
Noun
dustaq (definite accusative dustağı, plural dustaqlar)
- prisoner, inmate, convict
- (colloquial) imprisonment, custody
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Persian: دستاق (dostâq)
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