اوغوزلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اوغوز (oğuz) +‎ ـلق (-luk).

Noun

اوغوزلق • (oğuzluk)

  1. stupidity, simplicity, inexperience, verdancy,[1] coarseness[2]

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوغوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 258
  2. Vámbéry, Ármin (1875 April 5) The Etymology of "Turkman"‎, page 151: “even in his day, the word Turk was analogous to raw, uncultured, just as the word Oguz, from which came oguzane (boorish, thick-headed), and oguzluk (coarseness).”
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