Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/koč

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

Cognate to Proto-Mongolic *kuča (“ram”), itself probably a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

*koč

ram

Descendants

Common Turkic:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (qočŋar)
  - Old Turkic: [script needed] (qočqar), [script needed] (qočuŋar)
- Oghuz:
  - Western Zone:
    - Ottoman Turkish: قوچ‎ (qoç), قوچقار‎ (qoçqar)
      - Turkish: koç, koçkar
    - Azerbaijani: qoç
    - Gagauz: koç
  - Eastern Zone:
    - Turkmen: goç, goçgar
  - Salar
    - - Salar: [script needed] (qośqor), [script needed] (qośqur)
- Kipchak:
  - Kipchak-Bulgar:
    - Tatar: кучкар (quçkar)
    - Bashkir: ҡусҡар (qusqar)
  - Kipchak-Cuman:
    - Crimean Tatar: къочкъар/qoçqar
    - Karaim: qoćxar
    - Karachay-Balkar: кочхар (qoćhar)
    - Kumyk: къочкъар (qoćqar)
  - Kipchak-Nogai:
    - Kazakh: қошқар (qoşqar)
    - Karakalpak: qoshqar , g'osh
    - Nogai: кошкар (koşkar)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Southern Altai: кочкор (kočkor)
    - Kyrgyz: кочкор (koçkor)
- Karluk:
  - Western Zone:
    - Uzbek: qo'chqar/қўчкар
  - Eastern Zone:
    - Chagatai: قوچقار‎ (qoćqar)
      - Uyghur: قوچقار‎‎ (qochqar‎)
- Siberian:
  - Yenisei Turkic
    - Western Yugur: quǰğar,/[script needed] (quġar)
    - Shor: қошқар (qośqar)
  - Sayan Turkic
    - Tofa: қоъшқар (qo"śqar) (archaic)
    - Tuvan: кошкар (koškar)