چوشقا

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic چوشقا
Latin choshqa‍
Cyrillic чошқа (choshqa)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čōčka (“pig”). Cognate with Uzbek choʻchqa, Tatar чучка (çuçka), Kazakh шошқа (şoşqa), Kyrgyz чочко (cocko), Khakas сосха (sosxa, “pig”), Bashkir сусҡа (susqa, “pig”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃoʃqɑ/

Noun

چوشقا • (choshqa) (plural چوشقىلار (choshqilar))

  1. pig, swine
    Synonym: توڭگۇز (tongguz)
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