باتاق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بتاق (batak), باتق (batak), بطاق (batak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *batgak (“swamp, marsh”), from the same root of باتمق (batmak, “to sink”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bataq, Bashkir батҡаҡ (batqaq), Chuvash путхах (puthah), Kazakh батпақ (batpaq), Kyrgyz баткак (batkak), Turkmen batga, Uyghur پاتقاق (patqaq) and Uzbek botqoq.

Noun

باتاق • (batak) (definite accusative باتاغی (batağı), plural باتاقلر (bataklar))

  1. swamp, marsh, mire, bog, quagmire, an area of low and wet land
    Synonym: خلاش (hilaş)
  2. quicksand, wet sand that appears firm, but in which things readily sink
  3. barrelhouse, honky-tonk, any establishment where fraud takes place
    Synonym: باتاقخانه (batakhane)

Adjective

باتاق • (batak)

  1. sloughy, swampy, marshy, boggy, miry, having the characteristics of a wetland or swamp
  2. (figuratively) fraudulent, based on fraud or deception in order to secure unlwaful gain

Derived terms

  • باتاقجی (batakcı, “knocker”)
  • باتاقخانه (batakhane, “gambling den”)
  • باتاقلق (bataklık, “swampy place”)
  • باتاقلی (bataklı, “swampy”)
  • قره باتاق (kara batak, “cormorant”)
  • یهودی باتاق (yahudî batak, “water tank for ablution”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: batak
  • → Bulgarian: бата́к (baták)
  • → Armenian: (Constantinople) պաթախ (patʻax), (Van) բաթլաղ (batʻlaġ), (Nor Nakhichevan) պաթխախ (patʻxax)

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