ایرلامق
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- ارلامق (ırlamak), ییرلمق (yırlamak)
Etymology
From ایر (ır, “song”) + ـلا (-la, suffix forming verbs from nouns or adjectives).
Verb
ایرلامق • (ırlamak)
- (transitive) to sing, to produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice
- Synonyms: تغنی ایتمك (tegânni etmek), شرقی سویلمك (şarkı söylemek)
Derived terms
- ایرلامه (ırlama, “act of singing”)
- ایرلایجی (ırlayıcı, “one who habitually sings”)
- ایرلایش (ırlayış, “mode of singing”)
Descendants
- Turkish: ırlamak
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “ایر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 221
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ırlamak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2050
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ایرلامق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 216
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ایرلامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 294