صولاق

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Ottoman Turkish

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sōlak (left-handed),[1] which is, according to Clauson, the origin of Proto-Mongolic *solagaï (left, handed). Compare Azerbaijani solaxay, Bashkir һулаҡай (hulaqay), Crimean Tatar solaqay, Kazakh солақай (solaqai) and Tuvan солагай (solagay), all deriving from the Proto-Mongolic source.

Adjective

[edit]

صولاق (solak)

  1. left-handed, sinistromanual, using one's left hand in preference to one's right
    Synonym: چپ دست (çep dest)

Noun

[edit]

صولاق (solak)

  1. left-handed, left-hander, anyone who uses one's left hand in preference to one's right
  2. (historical) guardsman whose duty was to patrol the processions attended by the sultan
Derived terms
[edit]
Descendants
[edit]
  • Turkish: solak

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “solak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 826

Further reading

[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *suvlağ (watering place),[1] a derivation from *sub (water), whence صو (su, water).

Adjective

[edit]

صولاق (sulak)

  1. (of a place) waterlogged, watery, wet, damp, covered or soaked with water

Noun

[edit]

صولاق (sulak)

  1. watering place, a place where water may be obtained and provided to cattle
Derived terms
[edit]
Descendants
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “suvlaġ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 788

Further reading

[edit]