şaplak
Turkish
Alternative forms
- şapalağ, şapalah, şapalaḫ, şapalak, şapalık (dialectal)
Etymology
From şaplamak (“to slap”). Cognate with Azerbaijani şapalaq.
Noun
şaplak
- slap
- Synonyms: tokat, sille
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: չափլախ (čʿapʿlax)
- → Armenian: չափալախ (čʿapʿalax), չափալաղ (čʿapʿalał), չափալե (čʿapʿale), չափալեղ (čʿapʿaleł), շափալաղ (šapʿalał), շափլախ (šapʿlax), շապպալաղ (šappalał), շաբալախ (šabalax), չըմփալախ (čʿəmpʿalax), շափլոխ (šapʿlox), շափալա (šapʿala)
- → Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: [script needed] (şepłax), [script needed] (şepłaxe), [script needed] (şepełax), [script needed] (şepałe)
- → Persian: شپلاق (šaplâq)
Further reading
- Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 294