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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From بوت (but, “thigh”) + ـلق (-lık, luk).
Noun
بوتلق • (butluk)
- short breeches that only reach to the top of the knee
- thighplate, an armour piece covering the thigh
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “butluk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 710
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بوتلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 280
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بوتلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 391