توزکان

Chagatai

Etymology

Possibly cognate to Yakut түргэн (türgen), which is from Proto-Mongolic *türgen, whence Mongolian түргэн (türgen, “fast”).

Adjective

توزکان • (twzkān /tüzgän/) (comparative توزکان‌راک (/⁠tüzgänräk⁠/), superlative اینک توزکان (/⁠eŋ tüzgän⁠/))

  1. fast, quick, swift
    Synonyms: تیز (tyz /⁠tez⁠/), ایلدام (ʾyldām /⁠ıldam⁠/)

Further reading

  • Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 1176
  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870), “توزکان”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[1] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 231
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