koca

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• IPA^(key): [ˈkot͡sɒ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧ca
• Rhymes: -t͡sɒ

koca (plural kocák)

1. sow (female pig)

• koca in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sa
• Syllabification: ko‧ca

koca

1. genitive singular of koc

koca (Cyrillic spelling коца)

1. genitive singular of kotac

• IPA^(key): /koˈd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ca

Possible a doublet of Ottoman Turkish خواجه (hoca), from Persian خواجه (xâje).

Cognate with Tatar хуҗа (xuca, “host, owner”), Kazakh қожа (qoja, “host, owner”), Kyrgyz кожо (kojo, “host, owner”), Uzbek xoʻja (“host, owner”), Uyghur خوجا (xoja, “host, owner”), Bashkir хужа (xuja, “master, owner”).

koca

1. large

   Koca bir yıl geçti ama hâlâ emekli maaşımı alamadım.

   A good year has passed, but I still haven't received my pension.

• → Bulgarian: коджа́ (kodžá)

Possibly a doublet of Ottoman Turkish خواجه (hoca), from Persian خواجه (xâje).

Cognate with Tatar хуҗа (xuca, “host, owner”), Kazakh қожа (qoja, “host, owner”), Kyrgyz кожо (kojo, “host, owner”), Uzbek xoʻja (“host, owner”), Uyghur خوجا (xoja, “host, owner”), Bashkir хужа (xuja, “master, owner”).

koca (definite accusative kocayı, plural kocalar)

1. husband

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

koca

1. second-person singular imperative of kocamak

• “koca”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “koca”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “koca”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “koca”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2638