dalkavuk
Turkish
Etymology
A compound with the second element being kavuk (“caouk”), further etymology disputed. Tietze, Ayverdi et al. derive from dal (“naked”) + kavuk (“caouk”). Nişanyan doubts this etymology, and instead suggests a derivation from dal- (“to dive”) + kavuk (“caouk”), referring to the idiom kavuk sallamak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daɫ.kaˈvuk/
Noun
dalkavuk (definite accusative dalkavuğu, plural dalkavuklar)
- sycophant, lackey
- Synonyms: çanak yalayıcı, huluskâr, kaytak, kemik yalayıcı, kılbaz, mütebasbıs, yağcı, yağdanlık, yalaka, yalpak, yaltak, yaltakçı, şaklaban
- (historical) jester
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dalkavuk | dalkavuklar |
| definite accusative | dalkavuğu | dalkavukları |
| dative | dalkavuğa | dalkavuklara |
| locative | dalkavukta | dalkavuklarda |
| ablative | dalkavuktan | dalkavuklardan |
| genitive | dalkavuğun | dalkavukların |
Derived terms
- dalkavukça
- dalkavuklaşmak
- dalkavukluk
Further reading
- “dalkavuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dalkavuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “dalkavuk”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Tietze, Andreas (2009) “dalkavuk”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume II, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 289