قولتقلامق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قولتق (koltuk, “armpit; armchair”) +‎ ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

قولتقلامق • (koltuklamak)

to support and prop up
to flatter, praise excessively

Descendants

Turkish: koltuklamak
→ Armenian: խոլթուխլամիշ (xoltʻuxlamiš)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “koltuklamak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2723
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قولتقلامق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 988
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قولتقلامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1497

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