قویروق

Ottoman Turkish

قویروق

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kudruk (tail); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰺𐰆𐰸 (qudruq), Azerbaijani quyruq, Bashkir ҡойроҡ (qoyroq), Chuvash хӳре (hüre), Kazakh құйрық (qūiryq), Kyrgyz куйрук (kuyruk), Turkmen guýruk, Uyghur قۇيرۇق (quyruq) and Uzbek quyruq.

Noun

قویروق (kuyruk)

  1. tail, the appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior
    Synonyms: دم (dum), دمبال (dumbal), ذنب (zeneb)
  2. (by extension) object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape
  3. queue, a line of people, vehicles or other objects

Derived terms

  • آت قویروغی (at kuyruğu, horsetail)
  • آرسلان قویروغی (arslan kuyruğu, motherwort)
  • صیغیر قویروغی (sığır kuyruğu, great mullein)
  • قاطر قویروغی (katır kuyruğu, horseshoe vetch)
  • قویروق اوستی (kuyruk üstü, upper surface of the tail)
  • قویروق صالان (kuyruk salan, wagtail)
  • قویروق صاللامق (kuyruk sallamak, to wag the tail)
  • قویروق قیصمق (kuyruk kısmak, to threaten)
  • قویروق كمیكی (kuyruk kemiği, tailbone)
  • قویروق یاغی (kuyruk yağı, fat of a sheep's tail)
  • قویروقسز (kuyruksuz, tailless)
  • قویروقلو (kuyruklu, tailed)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kuyruk
  • Armenian: խույրուխ (xuyrux)

Further reading

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