طاوشانلامق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

طاوشانلمق (tavşanlamak)

Etymology

From طاوشان (tavşan, “hare”) +‎ ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

طاوشانلامق • (tavşanlamak)

(intransitive) to become as thin as a hare, to lose a lot of weight

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طاوشانلامق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 797
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طاوشانامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1229

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