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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Ultimately either derived or conflated with شاقلامق (şaklamak, “to make a cracking sound”). Possibly from Greek σαχλαμάρας (sachlamáras) or a corruption of شهلوند (şehlevend) (see لوند (lavand)).
Noun
شاقلابان • (şaklaban)
- buffoon, fool
- Synonyms: صویتاری (soytarı), مقلد (mukallid), مسخر (mashara, maskara)
- impostor, trickster, charlatan
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Adjective
شاقلابان • (şaklaban)
- foolish, silly
- fraudulent, dishonest
- noisy
- Synonym: شاقراق (şakrak)
References
- Seydi, Ali (1912) “شٰاقْلٰابٰانْ”, in رسملی قاموس عثمانی (in Ottoman Turkish), page 577c
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شاقلابان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 715b
- Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “شاقلابان”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 454b
- Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “chaclaban”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 235
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şaklaban”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4421
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şaklaban”, in Nişanyan Sözlük