كوج

See also: کوچ‎, كوخ‎, گوچ‎, گوج‎, كوچ‎, and كۈچ‎

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuːd͡ʒ/

Noun

كُوج • (kūj) m (obsolete, Ilkhanate)

  1. service, power offered, corvee, what a vassal performs
    • 1283, “[Ilkhan] Aḥmad Tegüder’s Second Letter to [Sultan] Qalāʾūn”, in Pfeiffer, Judith, editor, History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East. Studies in Honor of John E. Woods, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, published 2006, →ISBN, page 194:
      ‏وَيَتَّفِقُ الْجَمِيعُ عَلَى الْقِيَامِ بِوَاجِبِ كُوجِ قَانَ وَخِدْمَتِهِ‎
      wa-yattafiqu l-jamīʕu ʕalā l-qiyāmi bi-wājibi kūji qāna wa-ḵidmati-hī
      And all agree upon performing work and service for the Khan.

Declension
Declension of noun كُوج (kūj)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كُوج
kūj		 الْكُوج‎
al-kūj		 كُوج
kūj
Nominative كُوجٌ
kūjun		 الْكُوجُ‎
al-kūju		 كُوجُ
kūju
Accusative كُوجًا‎
kūjan		 الْكُوجَ‎
al-kūja		 كُوجَ
kūja
Genitive كُوجٍ
kūjin		 الْكُوجِ‎
al-kūji		 كُوجِ
kūji

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 625–628

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *köč-.

Verb

كُوَج (küweç/köç)

  1. (Volga Bulgar) to migrate

Derived terms
  • كُوَجڔوُي‎ (küveçrüvi, “(he) migrated”)

Descendants
  • Chuvash: куҫ (kuś)

References
  • A Volga Bulgarian Inscription From 1307 A. Róna-tas, page 155
  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 199

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Common Turkic *kǖč.

Noun

كُوجْ (kǖč)

  1. strength, power
    ‏اَلْبْ‌لارْ اَرِغْ اَلْقِشُرْ
    کُجْ بیٖـرْ قِلِبْ اَرْقَشُرْ
    بیٖـرْ بیٖـرْ اوُزا اَلْقِشَرْ
    اَذْکَرْمَذِبْ اُقْ اَتَارْ    ‎[1]
    Alplar arïɣ alkïšur
    Küč bīr qïlïp arqašur
    Bīr bīr üze alqašur
    Eδgermeδip oq atār
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References
  1. al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074), Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), volume I, 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 237
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