باتاق

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Ottoman Turkish

باتاق

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *batgak (“swamp, marsh”), from the same root of باتمق (batmak, “to sink”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bataq, Bashkir батҡаҡ (batqaq), Chuvash путхах (puthah), Kazakh батпақ (batpaq), Kyrgyz баткак (batkak), Turkmen batga, Uyghur پاتقاق (patqaq) and Uzbek botqoq.

Noun

باتاق • (batak) (definite accusative باتاغی (batağı), plural باتاقلر (bataklar))

  1. swamp, marsh, mire, bog, quagmire, an area of low and wet land
    Synonym: خلاش (hilaş)
  2. quicksand, wet sand that appears firm, but in which things readily sink
  3. barrelhouse, honky-tonk, any establishment where fraud takes place
    Synonym: باتاقخانه (batakhane)

Adjective

باتاق • (batak)

  1. sloughy, swampy, marshy, boggy, miry, having the characteristics of a wetland or swamp
  2. (figuratively) fraudulent, based on fraud or deception in order to secure unlwaful gain

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