اكز

Karakhanid

Alternative forms

اُكُوزْ‎ (ökǖz)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *öküŕ (“ox”). Cognate with Turkish öküz and Hungarian ökör.

Noun

اُكُزْ (öküz)

ox
‏اُكُزْ‎ اَذاقیٖ بُلْغِنْجا بُزاغُو بَشیٖ بُلْسا يِيكْ‎ ― Öküz aδaqï bolɣïnčā buzāɣū bašï bolsā yég. ― It's better to be a head of the calf than foot of the ox.

References

al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074), Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), volume I, 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 59

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