gagauz

See also: Gagauz

Gagauz

Cyrillic гагауз

Etymology

From Oghuzification of name Kaykaus (anlaut and inlaut /k/ > /g/, id est: Kaykāwus > Gaygavuz).[1] 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.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ Turan, Refik (2006), “Tarih İçinde Gagauz Selçuklu İrtibatı”, in Turkish Culture and Hacı Bektaş Velî Research journal (in Turkish), Ankara: Gazi University
  2. ^ Георгиев, Вл., Ив. Гълъбов, Й. Заимов, Ст. Илчев (съставители) (1971), Български етимологичен речник, том 1 (А – З), София: Българска академия на науките. Институт за български език. Издателство на Българската академия на науките, page 222

Portuguese

Noun

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

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

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
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