kaç

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kac"

Albanian

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *tъkačь, compare Bulgarian тъкач (tǎkač).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kat͡ʃ]

Noun

kaç m (plural keçër, definite kaçi, definite plural keçërit)

  1. weaver

Synonyms
  • endës

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kaç”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑt͡ʃ/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish قاچ (kaç). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰲 (kaç, “[interrogative adjective]”), Tuvan каш (kaş, “how many”), from Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative particle”).[1] Related to hani (“which”).

Determiner

kaç

  1. how many
    kaç yaşındasın?
    How old are you?
    (literally, “How many years old are you?”)
Usage notes
  • The noun following kaç is usually in the singular.

Verb

kaç

  1. second-person singular imperative of kaçmak

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kem, *Ka-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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