قولتق

Ottoman Turkish

قولتق

Etymology

A development of Proto-Turkic *kol (upper arm), whence also Ottoman Turkish قول (qol, arm, sleeve, branch); cognate with Azerbaijani qoltuq, Bashkir ҡултыҡ (qultıq), Kazakh қолтық (qoltyq), Turkmen goltuk and Uzbek qo'ltiq.

Noun

قولتق • (koltuk)

  1. armpit, the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
    Synonyms: ابط (ibt), بغل (bağal), كش (keş)
  2. (figuratively) out of the way place, nook, middle of nowhere
  3. armchair, a chair with supports for the arms or elbows

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: koltuk
  • Albanian: kolltuk
  • Armenian: խոլթուխ (xoltʻux), կոլթուխ (koltʻux)
  • Laz: კოლთუღი (ǩoltuği), ქოლთუღი (koltuği)

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