اولاغ

Chagatai

Alternative forms

• اولاق (ulaq)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ulaġ, a derivation from *ula- (“to extend, prolong; to attach, join, bind”).

Noun

اولاغ (ulâğ)

1. beast of burden

   منینگ اوز اولاغلاریم‌نی الدیم.

   meniŋ öz ulaǧlarïmnï aldïm.

   I took my own beasts of burden.

2. kid, yeanling, young goat

   Synonym: اوغلاق (oğlaq)

Descendants

• > Uzbek: ulov (“beast of burden”), uloq (“kid, yeanling”) (inherited)
  • → Tajik: улав (ulav)
• → Persian: الاغ (olâğ)

References

• Schluessel, Eric (2018) “اولاغ”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources‎^[1], Michigan Publishing, page 195
• Schluessel, Eric (2015) “اولاغ ulaǧ”, in Digital glossary of Eastern Turki‎^[2]
• el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881) Lugat-ı Çağatay ve Türki-i Osmani [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 38

Persian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

اولاغ • (ulâğ)

1. Alternative form of الاغ (olâğ)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اولاغ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press