قورومساق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compare قورمق (kurmak, “to organize, set a trap; to plan; to brood”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

قورومساق • (kurumsak)

pimp, panderer; one who panders his wife
Synonyms: پزونك (pezevenk), دیوث (deyyus), گیدی (gidi), قلتبان (kaltaban)
dishonorable person; shameless person

Descendants

Turkish: kurumsak
→ Georgian: ყურუმსაღი (q̇urumsaɣi)
→ Persian: قرمساق (qorramsâq, “pimp, cuckold”)

References

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kurumsak²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2857
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قورومساق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1485