اوغوزلق

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From اوغوز (oğuz) +‎ ـلق (-luk).

Noun[edit]

اوغوزلق (oğuzluk)

  1. stupidity, simplicity, inexperience, verdancy,[1] coarseness[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوغوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 258
  2. ^ Vámbéry, Ármin (1875 April 5) The Etymology of "Turkman"[2], page 151:even in his day, the word Turk was analogous to raw, uncultured, just as the word Oguz, from which came oguzane (boorish, thick-headed), and oguzluk (coarseness).