# اوق
## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ok; cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸 (ok), Azerbaijani ox, Bashkir уҡ (uq), Chuvash ухӑ (uh̬ă), Kazakh оқ (oq), Kyrgyz ок (ok), Turkmen ok, Uyghur ئوق (oq) and Uzbek oʻq.

#### Alternative forms

* اوخ (oḫ)

#### Noun

اوق • (oq) (definite accusative اوقی (oqı), plural اوقلر (oqlar))
* arrow

##### Derived terms

* اوخ یمك (oḫ yemäk, “to get shot”)
* اوخلامق (oḫlamaq, “to shoot”)
* اوق آتمق (oq atmaq, “to shoot”)
* اوق آتمی یر (oq atumı yer, “shooting range”)
* اوق آیاقلامق (oq ayaqlamaq, “to fix an arrow”)
* اوق اورمق (oq urmaq, “to shoot”)
* اوق ایلانی (oq ılanı, “slender whip snake”)
* اوق بزاقمق (oq bıraqmaq, “to shoot; to pick randomly”)
* اوق سپیتمك (oq säpitmäk, “to make arrows rain”)
* اوق قاچرمق (oq qaçırmaq, “to shoot an arrow farther than initially hoped”)
* اوق قومق (oq qomaq, “to shoot”)
* اوقه دیكمك (oqa dikmäk, oqa digmäk, “to aim”)
* اوقچی (oqçı, “archer, shooter”)

##### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: ox
* Gagauz: ok
* Ottoman Turkish: اوق (ok)
** Turkish: ok
** → Armenian: օխ (ōx)

##### Further reading

* Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “ok”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 515
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Etymology 2

Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ub-

#### Alternative Forms

* اوخ (uvaḫ), اووق (uvaq), اواق (uvaq)

#### Adjective

اوق • (uvaq) (comparative اوغرق (uvaġıraq))
* tiny, minuscule, small

#### Noun

اوق • (uvaq)
* tiny, minuscule piece of something
* crumb

##### Derived terms

* اواق دوك (uvaq däväk, “small, unimportant”)
* اوغرق (uvaġıraq, “smaller, minor; tiny”)
* اونمق (uvanmaq, “to break”)

##### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: ufaq
* Gagauz: ufak
* Ottoman Turkish: اوفاق (ufak)
** Turkish: ufak

#### Further reading

* Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “uvak”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 689
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ufak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* “uvak”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوق (oq), from Proto-Turkic *ok (“arrow”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸 (ok), Azerbaijani ox, Bashkir уҡ (uq), Chuvash ухӑ (uh̬ă), Kazakh оқ (oq), Kyrgyz ок (ok), Turkmen ok, Uyghur ئوق (oq) and Uzbek oʻq.

### Noun

اوق • (ok) (definite accusative اوقی (oku), plural اوقلر (oklar))
* arrow, dart, bolt, a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail that is shot from a bow
    Synonyms: تیر (tir), سهم (sehm)
* quill, a sharply pointed, barbed needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine
    Synonym: توی قلم (tüy kalem)
* any stick, beam or pole used as an adjunct to, and at right angles with some larger thing

#### Derived terms

* آتش اوقی (ateş oku, “fire arrow”)
* اوق آتمق (ok atmak, “to shoot arrows”)
* اوق آتمی (ok atımı, “bowshot distance”)
* اوق میدانی (ok meydanı, “archery ground”)
* اوق یمك (ok yemek, “to be hit by an arrow”)
* اوق ییلانی (ok yılanı, “oriental ratsnake”)
* اوقجی (okcu, “maker or seller of arrows”)
* اوقلتمق (oklatmak, “to let be shot with arrows”)
* اوقلق (okluk, “quiver”)
* اوقلمق (oklamak, “to shoot with an arrow”)
* اوقلو (oklu, “furnished with arrows or quills”)
* اوقی كزلمك (oku gezlemek, “to make a notch on an arrow”)
* تاتار اوقی (tatar oku, “crossbow”)
* تعلیم اوقی (tâʼlim oku, “headless arrow used for practice”)
* تمرنسز اوق (temrensiz ok, “dartless arrow”)
* زهرلی اوق (zehirli ok, “poisoned arrow”)
* ششپر اوق (şeşper ok, “large bolt from a catapult”)
* صبان اوقی (saban oku, “beam of a plough”)
* طومار اوقی (tomar oku, “fire-ball”)
* عربه اوقی (ʼaraba oku, “tongue of a carriage”)
* قضا اوقی (kaza oku, “stroke of destiny”)
* قمار اوقی (kumar oku, “arrow used in gambling”)
* كمان اوقی (keman oku, “bow of a violin”)
* نشان اوقی (nişan oku, “arrow made to hit the mark”)
* پیكانلو اوق (peykânlı ok, “arrow provided with a arrowhead”)
* چاتی اوقی (çatı oku, “ridgepole”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: ok
* → Armenian: օխ (ōx)

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “اوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 176
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ok1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3595
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “اوق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 83a
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 194a
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sagitta”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1501
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اوق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 525
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 259