оқыс

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic وقىس
Cyrillic оқыс
Latin oqys

Alternative forms

  • ағыс (ağys)

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Arabic وَقْص (waqṣ, “fault, defect”), with the original sense being "by mistake, accidental" with later semantic expansion. As for wa > o change, compare оқиға (oqiğa).

Related to Kyrgyz окус (okus), кокус (kokus).

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Adjective

оқыс • (oqys)

  1. unexpected
  2. hot-tempered, irascible
  3. accidental, unintentional, by mistake
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