çatlak
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چاتلاق (çatlak), from çatla + -k. Cognate with Azerbaijani çatlaq.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]çatlak
- split, slit, cracked, fissured
- chapped (skin)
- cracked, uneven in tone (of voice)
- (figuratively, colloquial) crazy, loony, cracked, nuts
Noun
[edit]çatlak (definite accusative çatlağı, plural çatlaklar)
Declension
[edit]Inflection | ||
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Nominative | çatlak | |
Definite accusative | çatlağı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | çatlak | çatlaklar |
Definite accusative | çatlağı | çatlakları |
Dative | çatlağa | çatlaklara |
Locative | çatlakta | çatlaklarda |
Ablative | çatlaktan | çatlaklardan |
Genitive | çatlağın | çatlakların |
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: չաթլախ (čʻatʻlax)
References
[edit]- “çatlak”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume III, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1968, page 1091a