yaltaci

Salar

Etymology

Perhaps earlier *yaltaqci. Cognate to Azerbaijani yaltaq (“flatterer”), Gagauz and Turkish yaltak (“flatterer”), Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (yaltacuk) (<*yaltakçuk), Turkmen ýalta (“lazy”), ýaltak (“flatterer”), ýaltaklamak (“to flatter”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /jɑltʰɑd͡ʒi/

Noun

yaltaci (3rd person possessive yaltacısı, plural yaltacılar)

  1. a flatterer, fawning person

References

  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “yaltaci”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 82
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