نعللامق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From نعل (naʼl, “horseshoe”) +‎ ـلامق (-lamak, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

نعللامق • (naʼllamak)

  1. (transitive) to shoe, to put horseshoes on a horse

Derived terms

  • نعللامه (naʼllama, “act of shoeing a horse”)
  • پیره‌یی نعللامق (pireyi naʼllamak, “to attempt the impossible”, literally “to shoe a flea”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: nallamak
  • → Armenian: նալլամիշ (nallamiš)

Further reading

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