اوشاق

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *uvšak (“child”), a development of *uvša- (“to become smaller”); compare Old Turkic (uvšak/ušak, “small”).

Noun

اوشاق • (uşak)

  1. boy, lad, youth, a young male
    Synonyms: اوغلان (oğlan), پسر (pıser), غلام (ğulam)
  2. manservant, servingman, a male servant
    Synonyms: خدمتجی (hizmetci), خدمتكار (hizmetkâr)
  3. apprentice, a trainee in a skilled trade
    Synonyms: چراق (çırak), شاگرد (şagird)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: uşak
  • → Armenian: ուշախ (ušax)
  • → Ubykh: ушақ (uŝak)

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Etymology 2

اوشاق

Borrowed from Arabic أُشَّق (ʔuššaq, “gum ammoniac”), from Middle Persian (wšʾk /⁠wašak⁠/), (wšk /⁠wašak⁠/).

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Noun

اوشاق • (uşak)

  1. gum ammoniac, ammoniacum, a resin exuded from several plants of the genus Ferula
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