Where does “оқушы” come from?

оқушы (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh оқу, from Proto-Turkic *okï- — to call.

оқушы (Kazakh): reader

Definitions

  1. reader

Ancestry of “оқушы”, step by step

оқушы traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh оқу

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhоқуcurriculum
2Proto-Turkic*okï-to call

via Kazakh шы

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhшы
Every word from Proto-Turkic *okï-