چایلاق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

چیلاق (çaylak)

Etymology

From Proto-Oghuz [Term?] (çarlak, çawlak).

Noun

چایلاق • (çaylak)

kite (bird)
beggar
crier

Descendants

Turkish: çaylak
→ Armenian: չայլախ (čʻaylax)
→ Laz: ჩაილაღი (çailaği, “kite”)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çaylak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چایلاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712

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