# boğaz
## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [boˈɣɑz]
* Hyphenation: boğ‧az
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *boguŕ/*bokur-dak (“throat, Adam's apple”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bog- (“to strangle”). Cognate with Turkish boğaz, Crimean Tatar boğaz, Turkmen bogaz, Chuvash пыр (pyr) etc.

#### Noun

boğaz (definite accusative boğazı, plural boğazlar)
* (anatomy) throat
** 2011 May 5, Əvəz Mahmud Lələdağ, “Acı xatirələr”, in Azərbaycan Müəllimi‎, archived from the original on 18 December 2020:Evin qadını mənə bir stəkan süd gətirdi, boğazımdan keçmədiThe woman of the house brought me a glass of milk, but I couldn't swallow it. (Literally, 'it didn't pass through my throat'.)
* (geography) sound, strait

##### Descendants

* → Khalaj: boğaz

### Etymology 2

Unclear whether also ultimately from *bog- (“to strangle”).

#### Adjective

boğaz (not comparable)
* pregnant (of an animal), gestating

### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*boguŕ/*bokur-dak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
* ↑ Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, page 167
* ↑ Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, pages 169-170

## Crimean Tatar
### Noun

boğaz
* throat
* mouth, narrow strait, narrow entrance to a gulf

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “boğaz”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Khalaj

| Perso-Arabic | Perso-Arabic | بوْغاز |

### Etymology

Borrowed from Azerbaijani boğaz. Doublet of boğız, native form.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boʁaz/
* (Bagh-e Yek) IPA: [bo̞ʁaz]
* (Kharrab, Safarabad, Yengijeh) IPA: [boʁɑz]
* (Kharrab, Zarnusheh) IPA: [boʁaz]

### Noun

boğaz (definite accusative boğazı, plural boğazlar)
* Alternative form of boğız (“throat”)

#### Declension
### References

* Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
* Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* bağız

### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بوغاز (boğaz), from Proto-Turkic *boguŕ, *bokur-dak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boˈaz/
* Hyphenation: bo‧ğaz
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

boğaz (definite accusative boğazı, plural boğazlar)
* (anatomy) throat
* (anatomy) neck
* (anatomy) gullet
* (anatomy) esophagus
* (geography) sound, strait
* (geography, planetology) canyon
* (geography, planetology) pass
* (geography, planetology) gorge

#### Derived terms

* boağzına durmak
* boğaz açmak
* boğaz boğaza gelmek
* boğaz derdi
* boğaz dokuz boğumdur
* boğaz durmaz
* boğazı açılmak
* boğazı düğümlenmek
* boğazı inmek
* boğazı işlemek
* boğazı kurumak
* boğazına bir yumruk tıkanmak
* boğazına dikkat etmek
* boğazına dizilmek
* boğazına düşkün
* boğazına indirmek
* boğazına kadar
* boğazına sarılmak
* boğazlamak
* boğazlı
* boğazsız
* İstanbul Boğazı

#### Descendants

* → Greek: μπουγάζι (bougázi)
* → Serbo-Croatian: bogaz