بالطه‌لامق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From بالطه (balta, “axe, hatchet”) +‎ ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

بالطه‌لامق • (baltalamak)

(transitive) to axe, to fell or chop with an axe or hatchet
(figuratively) to wreck, scupper, ruin, cause damage to something
(figuratively) to sabotage, undermine, weaken or work against

Descendants

Turkish: baltalamak
→ Armenian: պալթալամիշ (paltʻalamiš)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “baltalamak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 456
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالطه‌لامق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 247

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