قاچاق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *kačgak (“escape”), a derivation from the root *kač- (“to flee, escape”), whence قاچمق (kaçmak, “to flee, escape”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qaçaq, Kazakh қашақ (qaşaq), Uyghur قاچاق (qachaq) and Uzbek qochoq.

Noun

قاچاق • (kaçak) (definite accusative قاچاغی (kaçağı), plural قاچاقلر (kaçaklar))

1. runaway, fugitive, escapee, a person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place

   Synonyms: فراری (firari), قاچغین (kaçgın)

2. (military) deserter, a person who abandoned a military duty or post with the intention of not returning

Derived terms

• كمرك قاچاغی (gümrük kaçağı, “goods smuggled into a country”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: kaçak
• → Albanian: kaçak
• → Armenian: խաչախ (xačʻax), կաչախ (kačʻax), կաչաղ (kačʻaġ)

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “قاچاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 445
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kaçak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2313
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قاچاق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 348b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قاچاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 922
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaçak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاچاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1408

Pashto

Noun

قاچاق • (qāčā́q) m

1. contraband, smuggling

References

• “قاچاق”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
• Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “قاچاق”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Azerbaijani qaçaq (as in qaçaqmalçılıq), from qaçmaq (“to flee, escape”), from Common Turkic *kač- (“to run away, flee”). Related to Turkish kaçmak.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.t͡ʃʰɑ́ːq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.t͡ʃʰɒ́ːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.t͡ʃʰɔ́q]

Readings
Dari reading?	qāčāq
Iranian reading?	ğâčâğ
Tajik reading?	qočoq

Noun

Dari	قاچاق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қочоқ

قاچاق • (qâčâq) (uncountable)

1. contraband, illicit substances
2. smuggling, trafficking, smuggled goods

Derived terms

• قاچاقچی (qâčâqči, “smuggler, trafficker”)

 

Uyghur

Etymology

From Common Turkic *kačgak, from Proto-Turkic *kač- (“to run away, to flee”). Cognates with Turkish kaçak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qɑt͡ʃɑq/

Noun

قاچاق • (qachaq) (plural قاچاقلار (qachaqlar))

1. deserter, fugitive

Further reading

• Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN