qoca
Appearance
Azerbaijani
[edit]Cyrillic | гоҹа | |
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Abjad | قوجا |
Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (koca, “old man”), attested at least since 13th century[1] and Turkish koca (“large; husband”). Likely ultimately from Classical Persian خواجه (xwāja), in which case a doublet of xoca and xozeyin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]qoca (comparative daha qoca, superlative ən qoca)
- old (of people)
- Synonyms: yaşlı; see also Thesaurus:qoca
- Antonyms: gənc, cavan
- qoca kişi ― old man
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]qoca (definite accusative qocanı, plural qocalar)
- old man, elderly person
- Döyüşə yalnız qocalar gedir.
- (Agjabedi, Basarkechar, Barda, Qazakh, Tartar, Bilasuvar) grandmother
- Synonym: nənə
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | qoca | qocalar |
definite accusative | qocaı | qocaları |
dative | qocaa | qocalara |
locative | qocada | qocalarda |
ablative | qocadan | qocalardan |
definite genitive | qocaın | qocaların |
Derived terms
[edit]- qocaman (“oldest; venerable”)
- qocalar evi (“retirement home”)
References
[edit]- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “koca”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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- Azerbaijani terms derived from Classical Persian
- Azerbaijani doublets
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