çolak
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish چولاق (çolak), from Proto-Turkic *čol- (“crippled; to deteriorate, dwindle; defect; short-statured”). Cognate with Kyrgyz чолок (colok), Kazakh шолақ (şolaq), etc.
Adjective
[edit]çolak
- one-armed
- one-handed
- crippled (in the hand or arm)
Noun
[edit]çolak
- one-armed or a one-handed person
- someone who is crippled in the arm or hand
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “çolak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu