قلاق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kulkak.

Noun

قلاق (qulaq)

1. ear

   طوتك قلاق ― dutuŋ qulaq ― listen! (literally, “hold ear!”)

   • 13th century, Şeyyad Hamza, Yūsuf u Züleyhā; reprinted in Гузеев, В.Г., editor, Староосманский язык, 1979:

     امدى دكلك سوزومه طوتك قلاق
     بر سوز ايدم كيم شكردن طاتلوراق
     واردى كنعانده بر سرور كشى
     آدى يعقوب كندو پيغامبركشى

     Imdi diŋläŋ sözümä dutuŋ qulaq
     Bir söz äyidäm kim šäkkärdän datluraq
     Vardï Kän'ānda bir särvär kiši
     Adï Ya'qūb gändü peyɣāmbär kiši
     

     Now listen, turn your ears to my word(s)
     I will tell you word(s) that are tastier than sugar
     There was a master man in Canaan
     His name [was] Jacob, himself [he was] a prophet man.

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: qulaq
• Ottoman Turkish: قولاق (kulak)
  • Gagauz: kulak
  • Turkish: kulak
  • → Armenian: խուլախ (xulax)
  (dialectal)