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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مصلاق (maslak), according to Tietze from Arabic مَسْلَك (maslak, “road, path”). See also موصلق (musluk).
Noun
maslak (definite accusative maslağı, plural maslaklar)
- water tower
- watering trough
- running faucet; fountain
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مصلاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1180
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “maslak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مصلاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1880
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Tietze, Andreas (1958) “Direkte arabische Entlehnungen im anatolischen Türkisch”, in J. Eckmann, A. S. Levend, M. Mansuroğlu, editors, Jean Deny Armağanı / Mélanges Jean Deny (in German), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, § 98, page 283 of 255–333