طالاق

Ottoman Turkish

طالاق

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tiālak, analyzable as from Proto-Turkic *tiāl (spleen, milt) + ـاق (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix); cognate with Azerbaijani dalaq, Bashkir талаҡ (talaq), Turkmen dalak and Uzbek taloq. See also Uyghur تال (tal), Yakut таал (taal) and Proto-Mongolic *delixün.

Noun

طالاق • (dalak)

  1. spleen, milt, a vascular gland located in the left upper abdomen
    Synonyms: سپرز (supurz), طحال (tahal)
  2. (figuratively) prisoner of war, a soldier captured by the enemy

Derived terms

  • طالاق اوتی (dalak otu, spleenwort)
  • طالاق اولمق (dalak olmak, to have an inflamed spleen)
  • طالاق عفونتی (dalak ʿufuneti, enlargement of the spleen)
  • قیز طالاغی (kiz dalağı, female prisoner of war)

Descendants

  • Turkish: dalak
  • Albanian: dalagjásë
  • Aromanian: dalácã, dãlácã, dãlácu
  • Bulgarian: дала́к (dalák)
  • Macedonian: далак (dalak)
  • Romanian: dalác
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: да̀лак
    Latin script: dàlak

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