اوشاق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

• اوشاغ (uşaġ), اوشاخ (uşaḫ), اوشق (uşaq)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *ubšak, a derivation from *ubša-. By surface analysis, اوشاـ (uşa-, “to make small, to break down”) +‎ ـاق (-aq).

Adjective

اوشاق • (uşaq)

1. tiny, minuscule

   Synonym: كچوك (giçük, kiçük)

Noun

اوشاق • (uşaq) (definite accusative اوشاغی (uşaġı), plural اوشاقلر (uşaqlar))

1. child, kid

   Synonyms: چولق (çoluq), جرباغ (cırbaġ), اوغلانجوق (oġlancuq)

2. small, dust-sized piece of something
3. anklebone

Derived terms

• اوشاجوق (uşacuq, “little kid”)
• اوشاق دوشك (uşaq devşek, “(collective) children”)

Related terms

• اوق (uvaq, “tiny”)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: uşaq
• Gagauz: uşak
• Ottoman Turkish: اوشاق (uşak), وشق (vuşak)
  • Turkish: uşak
  • → Armenian: ուշախ (ušax)
  • → Ubykh: ушақ (uŝak)

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018), “uşak”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 678
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “uşak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “uşak”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوشاق (uşaq), from Proto-Common Turkic *ubšak, a derivation from *ubša- compare Old Turkic [script needed] (uvšak/ušak, “small”), Azerbaijani uşaq.

Noun

اوشاق • (uşak)

1. boy, lad, youth, a young male

   Synonyms: اوغلان (oğlan), پسر (pıser), شاب (şab), 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

• آت اوشاغی (at uşağı, “groom”)
• او اوشاقلری (ev uşakları, “members of a household”)
• اوشاق قاپان (uşak kapan, “Nubian vulture”)
• اوشاقلق (uşaklık, “profession of a manservant”)
• چادر اوشاغی (çadır uşağı, “tent-pitcher”)

Descendants

• Turkish: uşak
• → Armenian: ուշախ (ušax)
• → Ubykh: ушақ (uŝak)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “uşak4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5001
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “اوشاق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[2], Vienna: F. Beck, page 81a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اوشاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 189
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Puerulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1401
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “اوشاق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 517
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “uşak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اوشاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 254

Etymology 2

اوشاق

Borrowed from Arabic أُشَّق (ʔuššaq, “gum ammoniac”), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wšʾk /⁠wašak⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (wšk /⁠wašak⁠/).

Alternative forms

• وشق (vuşak)

Noun

اوشاق • (uşak)

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

Derived terms

• اوشاق فدانی (uşak fidanı, “Ferula ammoniacum”)

Descendants

• Turkish: uşak

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “uşak5”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5001
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اوشاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 254