كوج

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See also: کوچ, كوخ, گوچ, گوج, كوچ, and كۈچ

Arabic

Etymology

From Khorezmian Turkic كوچ (küç, “force, power, work, effort”), from Common Turkic *kǖč (“force”).

Pronunciation

Noun

كُوج • (kūj) m (obsolete, Ilkhanate)

  1. service, power offered, corvee, what a vassal performs
    • 1283, “[Ilkhan] Aḥmad Tegüder’s Second Letter to [Sultan] Qalāʾūn”, in Judith Pfeiffer, editor, History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East. Studies in Honor of John E. Woods, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, published 2006, →ISBN, page 194:
      وَيَتَّفِقُ الْجَمِيعُ عَلَى الْقِيَامِ بِوَاجِبِ كُوجِ قَانَ وَخِدْمَتِهِ
      wa-yattafiqu l-jamīʕu ʕalā l-qiyāmi bi-wājibi kūji qāna wa-ḵidmati-hī
      And all agree upon performing work and service for the Khan.

Declension

Declension of noun كُوج (kūj)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كُوج
kūj 		الْكُوج
al-kūj 		كُوج
kūj
Nominative كُوجٌ
kūjun 		الْكُوجُ
al-kūju 		كُوجُ
kūju
Accusative كُوجًا
kūjan 		الْكُوجَ
al-kūja 		كُوجَ
kūja
Genitive كُوجٍ
kūjin 		الْكُوجِ
al-kūji 		كُوجِ
kūji

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎ (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 625–628

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *köč-.

Verb

كُوَج (küweç/köç)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) to migrate

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chuvash: куҫ (kuś)

References

  • A Volga Bulgarian Inscription From 1307 A. Róna-tas, page 155
  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 199

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Common Turkic *kǖč.

Noun

كُوجْ (kǖč)

  1. strength, power
    اَلْبْ‌لارْ اَرِغْ اَلْقِشُرْ
    کُجْ بیٖـرْ قِلِبْ اَرْقَشُرْ
    بیٖـرْ بیٖـرْ اوُزا اَلْقِشَرْ
    اَذْکَرْمَذِبْ اُقْ اَتَارْ    [1]
    Alplar arïɣ alkïšur
    Küč bīr qïlïp arqašur
    Bīr bīr üze alqašur
    Eδgermeδip oq atār
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  1. ^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 237
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