چنگللمك

چنگللمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چنگل‎ (çengel, “hook”) +‎ ـلمك‎ (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

چنگللمك • (çengellemek)

1. to hook, to attach or hang something with a hook
2. to execute someone with an iron hook passed through the body

Descendants

• Turkish: çengellemek

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çengellemek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 931
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چنگللمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 476
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چنگللمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 733