اوشاق
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *uvšak (“child”), a development of *uvša- (“to become smaller”); compare Old Turkic [script needed] (uvšak/ušak, “small”).
Noun
اوشاق • (uşak)
Derived terms
- آت اوشاغی (at uşağı, “groom”)
- او اوشاقلری (ev uşakları, “members of a household”)
- اوشاقلق (uşaklık, “profession of a manservant”)
- چادر اوشاغی (çadır uşağı, “tent-pitcher”)
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “uşak4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5001
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “اوشاق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 81a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوشاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 189
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Puerulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1401
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اوشاق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 517
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uşak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوشاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 254
Etymology 2

اوشاق
Borrowed from Arabic أُشَّق (ʔuššaq, “gum ammoniac”), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wšʾk /wašak/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (wšk /wašak/).
Alternative forms
- وشق (vuşak)
Noun
اوشاق • (uşak)
- gum ammoniac, ammoniacum, a resin exuded from several plants of the genus Ferula
Derived terms
- اوشاق فدانی (uşak fidanı, “Ferula ammoniacum”)
- اوشاق قپان (uşak kapan, “golden eagle”)
Descendants
- Turkish: uşak
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “uşak5”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5001
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوشاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 254
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