قولتقلامق
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From قولتق (koltuk, “armpit; armchair”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).
Verb
قولتقلامق • (koltuklamak)
- to support and prop up
- to flatter, praise excessively
Descendants
- Turkish: koltuklamak
- → Armenian: խոլթուխլամիշ (xoltʿuxlamiš)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “koltuklamak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2723
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قولتقلامق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 988
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قولتقلامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1497