قاچاق

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