ਕਜ਼ਾਕ

Punjabi

Etymology

From a Turkic source via Persian قزاق (qazzâq). Doublet of ਕਸਾਕ (kasāk).

Noun

ਕਜ਼ਾਕ • (kazāk) m (Shahmukhi spelling قزاق)

1. pirate, buccaneer, corsair
2. dacoit, robber, plunderer

Related terms

• ਕਜ਼ਾਕੀ f (kazākī, “piracy”)

Further reading

• “ਕਜ਼ਾਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਜਾਕ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.