چامورلق
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From چامور (çamur, “mud, mire”) + ـلق (-lık, luk).
Noun
چامورلق • (çamurluk) (definite accusative چامورلغی (çamurluğu), plural چامورلقلر (çamurluklar))
- muddy place or muddy road, any place where mud accumulates, usually after a rainfall
- kind of topboot, buskin, or gaiters worn to protect the trousers against mud or water
- mudguard, fender, a cover over the wheels of a vehicle to prevent mud being projected
Descendants
- Turkish: çamurluk
- → Armenian: չամուռլուխ (čʻamuṙlux), չամուռլուղ (čʻamuṙluġ)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çamurluk1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 878
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چامورلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 465
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “fender-board”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 188a
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چامورلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 710