uşak

== Gagauz == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اُوشَقْ (uşaq), اُوشَاقْ (uşaq), from Proto-Common Turkic *uvšak, whence also ufak. Compare Turkish uşak, Azerbaijani uşaq === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈʃɑk/ Hyphenation: u‧şak === Adjective === uşak (not comparable) childish (by extension) naive, silly === Noun === uşak (definite accusative uşaa, plural uşaklar) kid, child ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “uşak”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 83 Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “uşak”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 167 N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ушак”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 488 == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوشاق (uşak, “small, petite; child”), ultimately from Proto-Common Turkic *uvša- (“to become smaller”), compare Old Turkic [script needed] (uvšak/ušak, “small”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === uşak (definite accusative uşağı, plural uşaklar) male servant, factotum (dialectal) child, kid Synonym: çocuk henchman, lackey ==== Declension ==== ==== Further reading ==== “uşak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu === References === Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*uĺa-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill<