قاچاق

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Pashto

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Noun

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قاچاق (qāčā́qm

  1. contraband, smuggling

References

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  • 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

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

Noun

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Dari قاچاق
Iranian Persian
Tajik қочоқ

قاچاق (qâčâq) (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

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Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Common Turkic *kačgak, from Proto-Turkic *kač- (to run away, to flee).[1][2] Cognates with Turkish kaçak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قاچاق (qachaq) (plural قاچاقلار (qachaqlar))

  1. deserter, fugitive

References

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  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

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  • 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