قولاك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kolan (“saddle girth”).[1]

Noun

قولاك • (kolañ) (definite accusative قولاكی (kolañı), plural قولاكلر (kolañlar))

  1. girth, a band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle in place
    Synonyms: تنك (teng), حزام (hizam)
  2. surcingle, a long, unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, or pack
    Synonyms: تنك (teng), طاپقور قولاكی (tapkur kolañı)

Derived terms

  • ایر قولاكی (eyer kolañı, “saddle-girth”)
  • طاپقور قولاكی (tapkur kolañı, “surcingle”)
  • قولاك آشیرمق (kolañ aşırmak, “to act in some outrageous manner”)
  • قولاك اورمق (kolañ urmak, “to swing, seesaw”)
  • قولاكی بوشلامق (kolañı boşlamak, “to let go the girth”)
  • قولاكی قاصمق (kolañı kasmak, “to tighten up the girth”)
  • قولاكی چكمك (kolañı çekmek, “to tighten up the girth”)
  • یوك قولاكی (yük kolañı, “band for securing a load”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kolan
  • → Albanian: kollan
  • → Armenian: խոլան / խօլան (xolan), կոլան / կօլան (kolan), ղոլան / ղօլան (ġolan)
  • → Bulgarian: кола́н (kolán)
  • → Macedonian: кола́н (kolán)
  • → Romanian: colan

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kolan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 622

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