آلچاق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • آلچق (alçak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *alčak (“mild, humble”), perhaps a derivation from *ăl (“lower side, below, being below, lower”).[1] Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽽𐽰𐽷 (ʾʾlcʾk /⁠alčaḳ⁠/).

Adjective

آلچاق • (alçak)

  1. low, nether, situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane, not high or lofty
    Synonym: پست (pest)
  2. (of a person) short, of comparatively small height, having a small distance between the head and the feet
    Synonym: پست (pest)
  3. vile, base, mean, low, contemptible, despicable, abject, fit or deserving to be despised, morally reprehensible
    Synonyms: ذلیل (zelil), رذیل (rezil)

Derived terms

  • آلچاق كوكللو (alçak göñüllü, “humble, meek”)
  • آلچاقراق (alçakrak, “lower, lowest”)
  • آلچاقلاتمق (alçaklatmak, “to make or let belittle”)
  • آلچاقلامق (alçaklamak, “to contemn, despise”)
  • آلچاقلانمق (alçaklanmak, “to be contemned or despised”)
  • آلچاقلق (alçaklık, “lowness; despicableness”)
  • آلچامق (alçamak, “to vilify, belittle”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: alçak
  • → Armenian: ալչախ (alčʻax)
  • → Ladino: alchak

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “alçak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 129

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