طالغه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • طلغه (dalga, dalğa), دالغه (dalga)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طلغه (dalġa), from Proto-Turkic *tolkun (“wave”). Cognate with Azerbaijani dalğa, Bashkir тулҡын (tulqın), Kazakh толқын (tolqyn), Kyrgyz толкун (tolkun), Turkmen tolkun, Uyghur دولقۇن (dolqun) and Uzbek toʻlqin.

Noun

طالغه • (dalga or dalğa) (definite accusative طالغه‌یی (dalgayı, dalğayı), plural طالغه‌لر (dalgalar, dalğalar))

  1. wave, ripple, a moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid, usually water
    Synonyms: خیزاب (hizâb), موج (mevc)
    • 1923, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Nur Baba‎[1], page 46:
      تا قواقلردن مرمره‌یه قدر اوزایان دكزك ساحلدن ساحله چارپان دالغه‌لری اوتوز سنه، استانبول سكاننه هپ بو حادثه‌یی و بو حادثه‌یی تعقیب ایده‌نلری حكلیه ایتدی.
      Ta Kavaklar'dan Marmara'ya kadar uzayan denizin sahilden sahile çarpan dalgaları otuz sene, İstanbul sükkanına hep bu hadiseyi ve bu hadiseyi takip edenleri hikaye etti.
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  2. wave, undulation, a wavelike shape or motion, a smooth and regular rise and fall
    Synonym: موج (mevc)
  3. silk-watering, the act of sprinkling silk with water in order to avoid excessive dryness

Derived terms

  • بیوك كمی طالغه‌دن قورقمز (büyük gemi dalgadan korkmaz, “a tough man is not afraid of danger”, literally “a big ship is not afraid of waves”)
  • طالغه‌جق (dalgacık, “wavelet”)
  • طالغه‌سز (dalgasız, “waveless, unfluctuating”)
  • طالغه‌لاندرمق (dalgalandırmak, “to make or let rise in waves”)
  • طالغه‌لانمق (dalgalanmak, “to ripple”)
  • طالغه‌لو (dalgalı, “rough, undulated”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: dalga
  • → Abkhaz: а-далӷа (a-dalğa)
  • → Albanian: dallgë
  • → Armenian: (Constantinople) տալղա (talġa), (Van) դալկա (dalka)
  • → Aromanian: dálgã
  • → Bulgarian: далга́ (dalgá)
  • → Georgian: ტალღა (ṭalɣa)
    • → Bats: ტალღ (ṭalɣ)
  • → Greek: νταλκάς (ntalkás)
  • → Macedonian: далга (dalga)
  • → Romanian: dalgá
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: да̀лга
    Latin script: dàlga

Further reading

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