kaç
See also: kac and -kać
Albanian
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Slavic *tъkačь, compare Bulgarian тъкач (tǎkač).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kat͡ʃ]
Noun
kaç m (indefinite plural keçër, definite singular kaçi, definite plural keçërit)
- weaver
Synonyms
- endës
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kaç”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑt͡ʃ/
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish قاچ (kaç). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰲 (kaç, “[interrogative adjective]”), Tuvan каш (kaş, “how many”), from Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative particle”).[1] Related to hani (“which”).
Determiner
kaç
- how many
- kaç yaşındasın?
- How old are you?
- (literally, “How many years old are you?”)
Usage notes
- The noun following kaç is usually in the singular.
Related terms
- kaçıncı
- kaçlı
- kaçlık
Verb
kaç
- second-person singular imperative of kaçmak
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*kem, *Ka-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill