مملحه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• մէմլահաթ (memlahat), մէմլէհա (memleha) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَمْلَحَة (mamlaḥa).

Noun

مملحه • (memlaha or memleha) (definite accusative مملحه‌یی (memlahayı or memlehayı))

1. salt marsh, saltworks, salt mines

   Synonyms: ملاحه (mellahe), طوزله (tuzla)

Descendants

• Turkish: memleha

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “memlaha”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3130b
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “memlaha”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 729b
• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “مملحه”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 853a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مملحه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1225a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “memlaha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “մէմլահաթ”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎^[3], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 547b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مملحه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1981a
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “مملحه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1406a