آخلاط

See also: أخلاط and اخلاط

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• اخلاط (ahlat)

Etymology 1

From Greek αχλάδι (achládi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ahˈɫat/

Noun

آخلاط • (ahlat)

1. wild pear (Pyrus elaeagrifolia or Pyrus pyraster tree or fruit)

Descendants

• Turkish: ahlat
• → Armenian: ախլաթ (axlatʻ), ահլաթ (ahlatʻ)

References

• Eren, Hasan (1999) “آخلاط”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 6a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ahlat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects], volume I (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 136

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic أَخْلَاط (ʔaḵlāṭ).

Proper noun

آخلاط • (Ahlat)

1. Ahlat (a town in Bitlis Province, Turkey; at Lake Van, 40 km northeast from Tatvan along the coastline)
2. Ahlat (a district of Bitlis Province, Turkey)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آخلاط (Ahlat).

Proper noun

آخلاط • (âxlât)

1. Ahlat (a town in Bitlis, Turkey; at Lake Van, 40 km northeast from Tatvan along the coastline)
2. Ahlat (a district of Bitlis, Turkey)