قالتاق

Ottoman Turkish

قالتاق

Alternative forms

  • قلتاق (kaltak), قلتق (kaltak), قلطاق (kaltak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kaltak (saddle tree; cuckold),[1] perhaps deriving from *Kạl(ï)- (to rise, jump up). Cognate with Azerbaijani qaltaq.

Noun

قالتاق • (kaltak) (definite accusative قالتاغی (kaltağı), plural قالتاقلر (kaltaklar))

  1. saddle tree, saddle bow, the wooden base on which the rest of the saddle is built
    Synonym: ایر قاشی (eyer kaşı)
  2. (derogatory) hussy, strumpet, harlot, prostitute, a sexually promiscuous woman
    Synonym: قانجیق (kancık)

Descendants

  • > Turkish: kaltak (inherited)
  • Armenian: խալթախ (xaltʻax)
  • Persian: قلتاق

References

  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kaltuk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 619

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