gagauz

== Gagauz == === Etymology === From Oghuzification of name Kaykaus (anlaut and inlaut /k/ > /g/, id est: Kaykāwus > Gaygavuz). Also compare: Nogai-Khan > Nogais, Uzbek-Khan > Uzbeks, Bashkord-khan > Bashkirs. Folk etymologies including gök (“sky”) + oguz (Oghuz) and gök (“sky”) + uz (“tribe”) were not linguistically confirmed. Compare Kavkazian and Caucasus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɑɡɑˈuz/, [-s] Hyphenation: ga‧ga‧uz === Adjective === gagauz (not comparable) Gagauz === Noun === gagauz (definite accusative gagauzu, plural gagauzlar, feminine gagauzka) a Gagauz person ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Gagauz → Turkish: Gagavuz, Gagauz → Russian: гагаузский (gagauzskij), гагауз (gagauz) → Romanian: găgăuz === References === == Portuguese == === Noun === gagauz m (plural gagaúzes, feminine gagaúza, feminine plural gagaúzas) Gagauz (person of Gagauzian descent) (uncountable) Gagauz (language) ==== Related terms ==== Gagaúzia === Adjective === gagauz (feminine gagaúza, masculine plural gagaúzes, feminine plural gagaúzas, not comparable) Gagauzian; Gagauz === Further reading === “gagauz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === gagauz c a Gagauz (person of Gagauzian descent, chiefly male) Synonym: (female) gagauziska ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Gagauzien gagauzisk gagauziska