Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sōlak (left-handed),[1] which is, according to Clauson, the origin of Proto-Mongolic *solagaï (left, handed). Compare Azerbaijani solaxay, Bashkir һулаҡай (hulaqay), Crimean Tatar solaqay, Kazakh солақай (solaqai) and Tuvan солагай (solagay), all deriving from the Proto-Mongolic source.

Adjective edit

صولاق (solak)

  1. left-handed, sinistromanual, using one's left hand in preference to one's right
    Synonym: چپ دست (çep dest)

Noun edit

صولاق (solak)

  1. left-handed, left-hander, anyone who uses one's left hand in preference to one's right
  2. (historical) guardsman whose duty was to patrol the processions attended by the sultan
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Turkish: solak

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “solak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 826

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *suvlağ (watering place),[1] a derivation from *sub (water), whence صو (su, water).

Adjective edit

صولاق (sulak)

  1. (of a place) waterlogged, watery, wet, damp, covered or soaked with water

Noun edit

صولاق (sulak)

  1. watering place, a place where water may be obtained and provided to cattle
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “suvlaġ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 788

Further reading edit