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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From حمال (hamal, “porter, carrier”) + ـلق (-lık, -luk, “-ness”).
Noun
حماللق • (hamallık) (definite accusative حماللغی (hamallığı), plural حماللقلر (hamallıklar))
- portage, porterage, the carrying or transportation of goods by a porter, or carrier, or other person
- (figuratively) donkey work, grunt work, work that is considered heavy, difficult, boring, and routine
Descendants
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “حمال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 667
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hamallık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1856
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حماللق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 518
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حماللق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 804