طاتلو

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

  • داتلو (datlu), طتلو (datlu)

Etymology

By surface analysis, طات (dat, ṭat, taste) +‎ ـلو (lu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̥ɑtˈlu//dɑtˈlu/, /t-/

Adjective

طاتلو • (datlu, ṭatlu) (comparative طاتلوراق (datluraq, ṭatluraq), superlative اك طاتلو (eŋ datlu, eŋ ṭatlu))

  1. sweet, being notable through being sugary, agreeable on the tongue
    Antonym: طتسز (datsuz)
  2. sweet, pleasing, agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
    Synonym: طوزلوجه (tuzluca)
    • 13th century, Şeyyad Hamza, Yūsuf u Züleyhā; reprinted in Гузеев, В.Г., editor, Староосманский язык, 1979:
      امدى دكلك سوزومه طوتك قلاق
      بر سوز ايدم كيم شكردن طاتلوراق
      واردى كنعانده بر سرور كشى
      آدى يعقوب كندو پيغامبركشى
      Imdi diŋleŋ sözüme dutuŋ qulaq
      Bir söz eyidem kim şekkerden datluraq
      Varıdı Ken'ānda bir server kişi
      Adı Ye'qūb gendü peyġāmber kişi
      Now listen, turn your ears to my word(s)
      I will tell you word(s) that are sweeter than sugar
      There was a master man in Canaan
      His name [was] Jacob, himself [he was] a prophet man.

Derived terms

  • طاتلو اولمق (datlu olmaq, to get tasty)
  • طاتلو ایی (datlu iyi, sweet smell)
  • طاتلو دل (datlu dil, sweet speech)
  • طاتلو سوز (datlu söz)
  • طاتلولق (datlulıq, sweetness)
  • طتلوجق (datlucaq, sweetly)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: dadlı
  • Gagauz: datlı, tatlı
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاتلو (datlı, tatlı), طاتلی (datlı, tatlı), طتلو (datlı, tatlı), دادلو (dadlı)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “tatlu”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 641
  • “tatlucak”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • طاتلی (datlı, tatlı), طتلو (datlı, tatlı), دادلو (dadlı)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طاتلو (datlu, ṭatlu), from طات (dat, tat, taste) +‎ ـلو (-lı).

Adjective

طاتلو • (datlı, tatlı)

  1. sweet, being notable through being sugary, agreeable on the tongue

Noun

طاتلو • (datlı, tatlı)

  1. sweet, dessert, concentrated juice for coffee, anything that enhances a meal by its high sugar content
  2. sweet words, blandishment, affability

Derived terms

  • طاتلولتمق (datlılatmak, tatlılatmak, to sweeten)
  • طاتلوجه (datlıca, tatlıca, sweetish)
  • طاتلولق (datlılık, tatlılık, sweetness)

Descendants

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “طاتلو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, columns 3062–3063
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “طاتلو”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 588