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)

  1. swamp, marsh, 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. (figuratively) den of fraud or violence

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