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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sōlak (“left-handed”), which is, according to Clauson, the origin of Proto-Mongolic *solagaï (“left, handed”). Compare Azerbaijani solaxay, Bashkir һулаҡай (hulaqay), Crimean Tatar solaqay, Kazakh солақай (solaqai) and Tuvan солагай (solagay), all deriving from the Proto-Mongolic source.
Adjective
صولاق • (solak)
- left-handed, sinistromanual, using one's left hand in preference to one's right
- Synonym: چپ دست (çep dest)
Noun
صولاق • (solak)
- left-handed, left-hander, anyone who uses one's left hand in preference to one's right
- (historical) guardsman whose duty was to patrol the processions attended by the sultan
Derived terms
- ركاب صولاغی (rikâb solağı, “officer of the solak guards”)
- صولاق باشی (solak başı, “commander of the solak guards”)
Descendants
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “solak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 826
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “solak1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4287
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “صولاق”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 305a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صولاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 774
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Scæva”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1514
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “صولاق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3010
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “solak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صولاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1194
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *suvlağ (“watering place”), a derivation from *sub (“water”), whence صو (su, “water”).
Adjective
صولاق • (sulak)
- (of a place) waterlogged, watery, wet, damp, covered or soaked with water
Noun
صولاق • (sulak)
- watering place, a place where water may be obtained and provided to cattle
Derived terms
- صولاق دیبی (sulak dibi, “the corner of the mouth in a cattle”)
Descendants
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “suvlaġ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 788
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sulak2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4350
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صولاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 774
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sulak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صولاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1194