усаҡ

From *ōčaq ~ očuq "fireplace", from Proto-Turkic *ōt (“fire”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (očuq); Old Uyghur [script needed] (otčuq, “fireplace, stove”), Karakhanid [script needed] (očaq, “fireplace”); Kazakh ошақ (oşaq, “trivet, tripod (for cauldron)”), Crimean Tatar oçaq / ocaq (“trivet, tripod (for cauldron)”), Kyrgyz очок (ocok, “fireplace”), Southern Altai очок (očok, “fireplace”), Uzbek oʻchoq, Turkish ocak (“stove, oven, fireplace”), Yakut оһох (ohoq), Chuvash вучах (vuč̬ah, “stove, oven, fireplace”), etc.

• IPA^(key): [uˈsɑq]
• Hyphenation: у‧саҡ

усаҡ • (usaq)

1. hearth, fireplace
2. stove

   Өйгә ҡайтып, усаҡҡа ут яға тор.

   Öygə qaytıp, usaqqa ut yağa tor.

   Go home and make fire in the stove.

3. bonfire

   Усаҡ тирәһендәгеләрҙең береһе уға икмәк һондо.

   Usaq tirəhendəgelərźeñ berehe uğa ikmək hondo.

   One of those (sitting) around the bonfire held out (some) bread to him.

4. (figuratively) a place or region where a specific phenomenon or activity occurs; epicenter, focus, pocket, hotbed, etc.

   Мәктәп ― белем усағы.

   Məktəp ― belem usağı.

   The school is the seedbed of knowledge.