قانجیق

Ottoman Turkish

قانجیق

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kaŋčïk (“bitch; female”); cognate with Azerbaijani qancıq, Bashkir ҡансыҡ (qansıq), Kazakh қаншық (qanşyq), Kyrgyz канчык (kançık), Southern Altai канчык (kančïk) and Turkmen ganjyk.

Noun

قانجیق • (kancık)

  1. bitch, an adult female of the species Canis lupus
    Synonyms: كلبت‎ (kelbet), ماجان‎ (macian)
  2. (zoology) she, any female animal
    Synonym: دشی‎ (dişi)
  3. (figuratively) malicious or perverse woman
  4. (figuratively) treacherous person, betrayer

Descendants

  • Turkish: kancık

Further reading

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