تزق

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Common Turkic *tuzak (“trap”). Cognate with Turkish tuzak.

Noun

تُزَقْ (tuzaq)

1. trap

   اِكْلَدیٖ مانِاكْ اَذاقْ
   كُرْمَذِبْ اُغْریٖ تُزَقْ
   اِكْلَدِمْ اَنْدِنْ اُزاقْ
   اَمْلَكِلْ اَمْدیٖ تُزَقْ

   Ikledi meniŋ aδaq
   Körmeδip ogrï tuzaq
   Igledim andïn uzaq
   Emlegil emdi tuzaq

   My foot is caught in a trap
   Since I haven't seen that hidden trap
   I suffered from very long disease because of that
   My darling, heal me

Descendants

• Chagatai:
  • Uzbek: tuzoq

See also

• Karakhanid: بُسُغْ (pusuɣ)

References

• 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), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 380