مخمورلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From مخمور (mahmur, “drunk, intoxicated”) +‎ ـلق (-lık, -luk, “-ness”).

Noun

مخمورلق • (mahmurluk)

  1. hangover, veisalgia, the negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by an excessive consumption of alcohol

Derived terms

  • مخمورلغی بوزمق (mahmurluğu bozmak, “to eat or drink something to relieve the stomach after a hangover”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: mahmurluk
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: маму̀рлук
    Latin script: mamùrluk

Further reading

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