كوچ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Common Turkic *kǖč.

Noun

گوچ • (güç)

1. work, business
2. strength of body

Adjective

گوچ • (güç)

1. difficult, hard

Derived terms

• ایش گوج (iş-güç)
• گوج ‌‌بلا (güç-belâ)

Descendants

• Gagauz: güç
• Turkish: güç

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *köč.

Noun

گوچ • (göç)

1. migration
2. change of abode
3. (figurative) death

Descendants

• Gagauz: göç
• Turkish: göç
• → Armenian: կէօչ (kēōčʻ)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوچ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1047