طلغه

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

  • دلقه (dalqa)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tolkun, *talkan, *talkag

Noun

طلغه • (dalġa) (definite accusative طلغه‌یی (dalġayı), plural طلغه‌لر (dalġalar))

  1. wave, a moving disturbance in the surface of a liquid
  2. (figurative) disarray, disorder, chaos

Derived terms

  • طلغه ایتمك (dalġa etmäk, to cause disarray)
  • طلغه‌لق (dalġalıq, disarray, disorder)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: dalğa
  • Gagauz: dalga
  • Ottoman Turkish: طالغه (dalga) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “talga”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 626
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dalga”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

طلغه • (dalga or dalğa) (definite accusative طلغه‌یی (dalgayı, dalğayı), plural طلغه‌لر (dalgalar, dalğalar))

  1. alternative spelling of طالغه (dalga, dalğa, wave, ripple, undulation)

Further reading

  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “طلغه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 314a
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “طلغه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, column 3121