gagauz

See also: Gagauz

Gagauz

Cyrillic		гагауз

Etymology

From Oghuzification of name Kaykaus (anlaut and inlaut /k/ > /g/, id est: Kaykāwus > Gaygavuz). Also compare: Nogai-Khan > Nogais, Uzbek-Khan > Uzbeks, Bashkord-khan > Bashkirs.

Folk etymologies including gök (“sky”) + oguz (Oghuz) and gök (“sky”) + uz (“tribe”) were not linguistically confirmed.

Compare Kavkazian and Caucasus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑɡɑˈuz/, [-s]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ga‧uz

Adjective

gagauz (not comparable)

1. Gagauz

Noun

gagauz (definite accusative gagauzu, plural gagauzlar, feminine gagauzka)

1. a Gagauz person

Declension

Declension of gagauz

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	gagauz	gagauzlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	gagauzu	gagauzları
dative (yönelme)	gagauza	gagauzlara
locative (bulunma)	gagauzda	gagauzlarda
ablative (çıkma)	gagauzdan	gagauzlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	gagauzun	gagauzların

Derived terms

• gagauzça
• gagauzluk

Descendants

• → English: Gagauz
• → Turkish: Gagavuz, Gagauz
• → Russian: гагаузский (gagauzskij), гагауз (gagauz)
• → Romanian: găgăuz

Portuguese

Noun

gagauz m (plural gagaúzes, feminine gagaúza, feminine plural gagaúzas)

1. Gagauz (person of Gagauzian descent)
2. (uncountable) Gagauz (language)

Related terms

• Gagaúzia

Adjective

gagauz (feminine gagaúza, masculine plural gagaúzes, feminine plural gagaúzas, not comparable)

1. Gagauzian; Gagauz

Swedish

Noun

gagauz c

1. a Gagauz (person of Gagauzian descent, chiefly male)

   Synonym: (female) gagauziska

Declension

Declension of gagauz

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gagauz	gagauz
	definite	gagauzen	gagauzens
plural	indefinite	gagauzer	gagauzers
	definite	gagauzerna	gagauzernas

Related terms

• Gagauzien
• gagauzisk
• gagauziska