کوچ

See also: كوج‎, كوخ‎, گوچ‎, گوج‎, كوچ‎, كُوجْ‎, and كۈچ‎

Persian

Etymology 1

From Chagatai كوچ‎ (köç, “migration, departure, move, change of pasture”), from Proto-Turkic *köč (“nomadizing”). Compare Azerbaijani köç, Turkish göç.

Noun

کوچ • (kuč) (plural کوچ‌ها‎ (kuč-hâ))

  1. migration
  • کوچیدن‎ (kučidan)
  • کوچ کردن‎ (kuč kardan)

Etymology 2

From Khorezmian Turkic كوچ‎ (küç, “force, power, work”), from Common Turkic *kǖč (“force”).

Noun

کوچ • (kuč)

  1. service, power offered, normally only occurs in the set phrase کوچ دادن (kuč dâdan), which is what a vassal does

References
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎ (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 621–628
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