The shepherd's work
Life around the qoş: the flock, the summer and winter pastures, the herder's tools, and the milking, shearing and haymaking that fill the year.
The herder and the camp
- qoyçu shepherd
- sürüwçü shepherd
- malçı livestock breeder
- qoş herders' camp
- qoşçu camp herdsman
- tayaq shepherd's staff
- it dog, sheepdog
The flock
- mal livestock
- tuwar cattle
- sürüw herd
- qoy sheep
- qoçhar ram
- eçki goat
- toqlu hogget
- işek yearling sheep or goat
- guzhdar herd leader
Pasture and fold
- jaylıq summer pasture
- qışlıq winter pasture
- kütüw pasture
- awlaq outlying pasture lying far from the settlement
- qora pen
- çalman pen
- baz shed or byre for livestock
- biçen hay
The work of the year
- küterge herd
- otlatırğa graze
- sürürge drive (a herd)
- sawarğa milk
- gögen milk can
- qırqarğa shear
- jün wool
- çalırğa mow
- dırın haymaking
- soğum autumn slaughter of livestock laid in as meat for the winter
Made at the camp
Qoş is both the herders' camp up at the pastures and the flock kept there. A qoyçu tends sheep in particular, while a malçı answers for the stock as a whole.