کوچ

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Chagatai كوچ (köç, migration, departure, move, change of pasture), from Proto-Turkic *göč (nomadizing). Compare Azerbaijani köç, Turkish göç.

Noun

کوچ (kuč) (plural کوچ‌ها (kuč-hâ))

  1. migration

Etymology 2

From Khorezmian Turkic كوچ (küç, force, power, work), from Proto-Turkic *gǖč (force).

Noun

کوچ (kuč)

  1. service, power offered, normally only occurs in the set phrase كوچ دادن (kuč dâdan), which is what a vassal does

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)‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 621–628