dölek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دولك‎ (dölek), from Proto-Turkic *döle-k (“tranquil, sedate, quiet”), *töle-k. Cognate with Chuvash тӳлек (tülek), Chagatai [script needed] (tölek). Cognate with also Khorezmian Turkic [script needed] (dölenmek, “tranquility, peace”).[1] (See Proto-Mongolic *döligen).

Adjective

dölek

  1. earnest, quiet, well-behaved

Noun

dölek

  1. flatland

References
  1. Günay, Nesrin, “Türk dilinde eş anlamlılık ve “Gönül, yürek, kalp” kelimeleri”, in Türkbilig (2015), vol: 29, page: 121-146.
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