kelecoş

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • keledoş, keleçüş, kalacoş

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کاله‌جوش (kâle-juš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ce.leˈdʒoʃ/

Noun

kelecoş (dialectal)

  1. (Amasya, Artvin, Iğdır, Erzincan, Van, Elazığ, Sivas) a dish made of roast and low-fat cheese placed over chopped bread or yufka
  2. (Kars) a drink made of garlic yogurt poured over grated beetroot
  3. (Van) a dish made of fried onions, lentils, walnuts etc.

Further reading

  • “kelecoş”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume VIII, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1975, page 2726
  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 87, page 33
  • Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 8, derives from Armenian գայլաճօշ (gaylačōš) as if գայլ (gayl) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ ճաշ (čaš), but no such word exists in Armenian
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kelecoş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük, derives from Armenian կալաճաշ (kalačaš) as if կալ (kal) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ ճաշ (čaš), but no such word exists in Armenian
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