Qul (Turkic)
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Qul (Azerbaijani: qul; Kazakh: құл, romanized: qūl; Kyrgyz: кул, romanized: kul; Tatar: кол, romanized: qol; Turkish: kul; Turkmen: gul; Uzbek: қул, romanized: qul) is a word of Turkic origin meaning 'slave'.
Uses of the word
[edit]In Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Iran and South Asia
[edit]In Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Iran and South Asia, the word qul has been used as the second part of several Muslim male given names, where it is used with the possessive in Azerbaijani (qulu), Tatar (колый qolıy), Turkmen (guly) and Uzbek (quli), and has been borrowed as قلی (qoli) in Persian and قلی (qulī) in Urdu.
- List of given names derived from qul
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- List of surnames derived from qul
- as first element:
- in compounds:
- Azerbaijani: Əliquliyev (notably borne by Rasim Aliguliyev), İmanquliyev, Cəfərquliyev, Məmmədquluzadə (notably borne by Jalil Mammadguluzadeh), Rzaquliyev
- Kazakh: Иманқұлов, romanized: İmanqūlov (notably borne by Ruslan Imankulov)
In the Ottoman Empire
[edit]In the Ottoman Empire, the word qul was used in rank names of the Janissaries such as kapıkulu and kul kethüdâsı.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Bosworth, C.E. "Ḳul". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_4490.
