قویروق

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Ottoman Turkish

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قویروق

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kudruk (tail); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰺𐰆𐰸 (qudruq), Azerbaijani quyruq, Bashkir ҡойроҡ (qoyroq), Chuvash хӳре (hüre), Kazakh құйрық (qūiryq), Kyrgyz куйрук (kuyruk), Turkmen guýruk, Uyghur قۇيرۇق (quyruq) and Uzbek quyruq.

Noun

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قویروق (kuyruk) (definite accusative قویروغی (kuyruğu), plural قویروقلر (kuyruklar))

  1. tail, the caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus
    Synonyms: دم (dum), دمبال (dumbal), ذنب (zeneb)
  2. tail, any object or part of it resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails
    Synonym: ذنب (zeneb)
  3. queue, a line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: kuyruk
  • Armenian: խույրուխ (xuyrux)

Further reading

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