کوچ
Persian
Etymology 1
From Chagatai كوچ (köç, “migration, departure, move, change of pasture”), from Proto-Turkic *köč (“nomadizing”). Compare Azerbaijani köç, Turkish göç.
Noun
کوچ • (kuč) (plural کوچها (kuč-hâ))
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Khorezmian Turkic كوچ (küç, “force, power, work”), from Common Turkic *kǖč (“force”).
Noun
کوچ • (kuč)
- 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