الماجق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From الما (elma, “apple”) +‎ ـجق (-cık, diminutive suffix).

Noun

الماجق • (elmacık)

Diminutive of الما (elma, “apple”):
1. (anatomy) iliac crest, the prominence of the haunch or hip

Descendants

Turkish: elmacık

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “elmacık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1425
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “الماجق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 140
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “الماجق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 189

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