Gagauz

See also: gagauz

English

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to Turkish Oğuz (English Oghuz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡæɡɑːˈuːz/

Adjective

Gagauz (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Gagauzia, the Gagauz people, or the Gagauz language.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Gagauzia, Gagauz people, or the language

• Armenian: գագաուզյան (gagauzyan)
• Catalan: gagaús
• German: gagausisch (de)
• Polish: gagauski (pl) m
• Portuguese: gagauz (pt)
• Romanian: găgăuz (ro)
• Russian: гагаузский (ru) (gagauzskij)
• Swedish: gagauzisk
• Turkish: Gagavuz (tr)

Noun

Gagauz (plural Gagauzes)

1. A person from Gagauzia or of Gagauz descent.

Translations

person

• Armenian: գագաուզ (gagauz)
• Azerbaijani: qaqauz (az)
• Catalan: gagaús m, gagaüsa f
• French: Gagaouze (fr)
• German: Gagause (de) m, Gagausin (de) f
• Greek: Γκαγκαούζος (el) m (Gkagkaoúzos), Γκαγκαβούζης (el) m (Gkagkavoúzis)
• Polish: Gagauz (pl) m, Gagauzka (pl) f
• Portuguese: gagauz (pt) m
• Romanian: găgăuz (ro) m, găgăuză (ro) f
• Russian: гагау́з (ru) (gagaúz)
• Swedish: gagauz c
• Tajik: гагаузӣ (gagauzī)
• Turkish: Gagavuz (tr)

Proper noun

Gagauz

1. The language of Gagauzia and the Gagauz people.

Translations

language

• Armenian: գագաուզերեն (hy) (gagauzeren)
• Azerbaijani: Qaqauz dili (az)
• Catalan: gagaús m
• Chuvash: гагауз чӗлхи (gagauz čĕlh̬i)
• Crimean Tatar: Ğağauz tili
• Dutch: Gagaoezisch (nl) n
• Finnish: gagauzi (fi)
• French: gagaouze (fr) m
• German: Gagausisch (de) n
• Italian: gagauso m
• Korean: 가가우스어 (ko) (Gagauseueo)
• Kyrgyz: Гагауз тили (Gagauz tili)
• Polish: gagauski (pl) m, język gagauski (pl) m
• Portuguese: gagauz (pt) m
• Romanian: găgăuză (ro) f
• Russian: гагаузский (ru) (gagauzskij)
• Spanish: gagauzo m
• Swedish: gagauziska (sv) c
• Tajik: Забони гагаузӣ (Zaboni gagauzī)
• Turkish: Gagavuzca (tr)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gagauz terms

Further reading

• Gagauz language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gagauz people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-3 code gag (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Gagauz, gag ⁠