چاپارلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چاپار (çapar, “mounted courier, messenger”) +‎ ـلق (-lık).

Noun

چاپارلق • (çaparlık)

the quality or act of what run, trots, or gallops
the quality, act, or remuneration of a Persian mounted courier

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاپارلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 698

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