قاچاق

Persian

Etymology

From Azerbaijani qaçaq (as in qaçaqmalçılıq), from qaçmaq (“to flee, escape”) from Common Turkic *kač- (“to run away, flee”). Related to Turkish kaçmak.

Pronunciation

Iranian Persian	قاچاق
Dari Persian	قاچاق
Tajik	қочоқ (qočoq)

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /qɑːtʃɑːq/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /qɒːtʃɒːq/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɣɒːtʃɒːɣ/
- (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /ɣɒːtʃɒːɣ/

(Tajik): IPA^(key): /qɔːtʃɔːq/

Noun

قاچاق • (qâčâq)

(uncountable) contraband, illicit substances
(uncountable) smuggling, trafficking, smuggled goods

Related terms

قاچاقچی (qâčâqči, “smuggler, trafficker”)