قولچاق

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Ottoman Turkish

قولچاقلر

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kolčak (“muff, gauntlet”),[1] a development of *kol (“upper arm”), whence قول (kol, “arm”).

Noun

قولچاق • (kolçak) (definite accusative قولچاغی (kolçağı), plural قولچاقلر (kolçaklar))

  1. gauntlet, a type of glove that protects both the hand and wrist of a combatant
  2. brassard, bracer, an item of plate armor that protects the upper arm of a person
  3. vambrace, a piece of armor designed to protect the upper arm or the lower arm
  4. mitten, a type of glove that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: kolçak
  • → Armenian: խօլչախ (xōlčʻax)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kolçak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 618

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