افلاق

Ottoman Turkish

افلاق

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic влахъ m (vlaxŭ, “a Roman; a Vlach”), from Proto-Slavic *vòlxъ m (“a Roman”) ultimately from Proto-Germanic *walhaz m (“a non-Germanic foreigner, aCelt; later a Roman”).

Proper noun

افلاق • (eflak)

1. Wallachia, a former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of South Romania.

Derived terms

• افلاقلی (eflaklı, “Wallachian”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Eflak

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “افلاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 121
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “افلاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 159
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 238