خرسزلامق
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- خرسزلمق (hırsızlamak)
Etymology
From خرسز (hırsız, “thief, robber; embezzler”) + ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).
Verb
خرسزلامق • (hırsızlamak)
- (transitive) to steal, rob, burgle, purloin, to take something illegally, or without the owner's permission
- Synonym: چالمق (çalmak)
- (transitive) to embezzle, peculate, to steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with
Derived terms
- خرسزلامه (hırsızlama, “stealthily, furtively”)
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خرسزلامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 840