قیصراق

Ottoman Turkish

قیصراق

Alternative forms

  • قسراق (kısrak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïsrak (young unprolific animal) and thus related to قیصیر (kısır, barren, sterile); cognate with Azerbaijani qısraq, Karakhanid قِسْراقْ (qïsra:q), Salar qısıraq and Turkmen gysyrak.

Noun

قیصراق (kısrak)

  1. mare, an adult female of the species Equus caballus
    Synonyms: حجر (hicir), مادیان (madiyan), یوند (yund)

Descendants

  • Gagauz: kısırak
  • Turkish: kısrak
  • Armenian: խըսրախ (xəsrax), կըսրախ (kəsrax), ղըսրաղ (łəsrał)

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