كولخان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • كلخان (külhan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian گلخان (gulxân, “backroom”), a compound of گل (gul, “back”) + خان (xân, “place, house”).

Noun

كولخان • (külhan)

  1. the furnace located in a service room behind the walls, used to heat water which was then delivered to the steam room
    Synonym: تون (tun)

Derived terms

  • كولخانجی (külhancı, “stoker in a hammam”)
  • كولخانی (külhanî, “young vagrant, street Arab”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: külhan
  • → Armenian: քիւլան (kʻiwlan), քիւլհան (kʻiwlhan)
  • → Romanian: chiolhan

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