kulaç

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Albanian

Etymology

From a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian kolač (“type of cake or pastry”), Macedonian колач (kolač), Bulgarian колач (kolač).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kulaç m (plural kuleç, definite kulaçi, definite plural kuleçtë)

  1. a type of round, unleavened bread; any round bread
  2. (ethnographic) wheat bread given to children on the night before Christmas supper
  3. cloth used for head-carrying

Declension

Declension of kulaç
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kulaç kulaçi kuleç kuleçtë
accusative kulaçin
dative kulaçi kulaçit kuleçve kuleçve
ablative kuleçsh

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “kulaç”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 174-175

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈɫat͡ʃ/
  • Hyphenation: ku‧laç

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قولاچ (ḳulaç)[1] or قولاج (ḳulac),[2][3] from Proto-Turkic *kulač.[4][5][6] Although Kashgari puts the origin as *kol (“arm”) +‎ *ač- (“to open, to spread”),[7] Clauson finds this impossible.[4]

Cognates

Noun

kulaç (definite accusative kulacı, plural kulaçlar)

  1. distance between the fingertips of two outstretched arms; fathom, armspan
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Bulgarian колач (kolač).

Alternative forms

Noun

kulaç (definite accusative kulacı, plural kulaçlar)

  1. (regional) small leavened or unleavened bread

Derived terms

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kulaç
Definite accusative kulacı
Singular Plural
Nominative kulaç kulaçlar
Definite accusative kulacı kulaçları
Dative kulaca kulaçlara
Locative kulaçta kulaçlarda
Ablative kulaçtan kulaçlardan
Genitive kulacın kulaçların

See also

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قولاچ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1493
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قولاج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 986
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قولاج”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1107
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kulaç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 618
  5. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kula-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  6. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kulaç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  7. ^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943

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