قذماق

Karakhanid

Alternative forms

• قُتْماقْ (qotmaq), قُیْماقْ (qoymaq)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kod-. Compare Turkish koymak, Azerbaijani qoymaq.

Verb

قُذْماقْ (qoδmaq) (third-person singular aorist قُذوُرْ (qoδūr))

1. (transitive) to put
2. (transitive) to leave

   اُغْلُمْ سَنْكا قُذُرْمَنْ اَرْدَمْ اُكُتْ خُمارُو
   بِلْكا اَرِكْ بُلُبْ سَنْ بَقِّلْ اَنِنكْ تَبارُو

   oğlum saŋa qoδurmen erdem ögüt χumaru
   bilge erig bulup sen baqqïl anïŋ tabaru

   son, I leave to you virtue, advice, legacy
   find a wise man and look towards his side

3. (transitive) to quit, to leave

   اُلْ اٖیشِنْ قُذْتٖی ― ol īšin qoδtï ― he left his job

Descendants

• Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: قويۇش (qoyush)
  • Uzbek: qoʻymoq

Further reading

• Mahmud al-Kashgari (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 III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 440.