قیزغین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From قیزـ (kız-, “to become hot”) +‎ ـغین (-gın).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani qızğın, Kazakh қызғын (qyzğyn), Turkmen gyzgyn, Uyghur قىزغىن (qizghin) and Uzbek qizgʻin.

Adjective

قیزغین • (kızgın)

  1. red-hot, blazing, burning, fiery, very hot or so hot as to seem to burn
    Synonyms: سوزان (suzan), یانان (yanan)
  2. (figurative) angry, furious, enraged, mad, feeling rage or great anger
    Synonyms: آزغین (azgın), شدتلو (şiddetli)
  3. (zoology) in heat, in oestrus, in rut, rutty, sexually receptive to mating
    Synonym: آزغین (azgın)
  4. (figurative) busy, bustling, feverish, full of energy and noisy activity

Derived terms

  • قیزغین كله (kızgın gülle, “fireball”)
  • قیزغینلق (kızgınlık, “great heat; anger, fury”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kızgın
  • → Armenian: խըզղըն (xəzġən), կըզկին (kəzkin)

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