قاچمق

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Common Turkic *kač- (to run away, flee); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰲 (qač-), Azerbaijani qaçmaq, Bashkir ҡасыу (qasıw), Kazakh қашу (qaşu), Kyrgyz качуу (kacuu), Turkmen gaçmak, Uyghur قاچماق (qachmaq) and Uzbek qochmoq.

Verb

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قاچمق (kaçmak)

  1. (intransitive) to flee, escape, run away, abscond, to get free or to free oneself
  2. (intransitive) to desert, to leave a military or naval unit without permission
  3. (intransitive) to avoid, evade, evite, shun, to keep away from something unwanted

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Gagauz: kaçmaa
  • Turkish: kaçmak

Further reading

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