قولاق

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Noun

قوُلاق (qulaq) (definite accusative قوُلاقؽ, plural قوُلاقلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of qulaq (ear)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

قولاق

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قلاق (qulaq, ear), from Proto-Turkic *kulkak (ear). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸𐰆𐰞𐰴𐰴 (qulqaq), Azerbaijani qulaq, Bashkir ҡолаҡ (qolaq), Chuvash хӑлха (hălh̬a), Kazakh құлақ (qūlaq), Kyrgyz кулак (kulak), Turkmen gulak, Uyghur قۇلاق (qulaq), Uzbek quloq and Yakut кулгаах (kulgaaq).

Noun

قولاق (kulak) (definite accusative قولاغی (kulağı), plural قولاقلر (kulaklar))

  1. ear, the organ that enables hearing and body balance using the vestibular system
    Synonyms: اذن (üzn), گوش (güş)
  2. ear, that which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal, like a lug or a handle
    Synonym: اذن (üzn)
  3. (by extension) hearing, the sense used to perceive sound through an organ, such as the ear
    Synonym: استماع (istimaʼ)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Gagauz: kulak
  • Turkish: kulak
  • Armenian: խուլախ (xulax)

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Etymology 2

From قول (kol, arm) +‎ ـاق (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix).

Adjective

قولاق (kolak)

  1. one-armed, armless, arm-crippled, having lost one or both arms
    Synonym: چولاق (çolak)
  2. one-handed, handless, hand-crippled, having lost one or both hands
    Synonym: چولاق (çolak)
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