اصلاق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• ایصلاق (ıslak)

Etymology

Probably a metathesized form from Proto-Turkic *sublak (“watery place; wet”), a derivation of *sub (“water”). Compare Azerbaijani islaq and Chuvash исленчӗк (islenč̬ĕk).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɯsˈlak/

Adjective

اصلاق • (ıslak)

1. wet, damp, covered or impregnated with liquid, usually water

   Synonym: یاش (yaş)

Derived terms

• اصلاق قارغه (ıslak karga, “milksop, chicken-hart”)
• اصلاقجه (ıslakca, “wettish, somewhat wet”)
• اصلاقلق (ıslaklık, “wetness”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: ıslak

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ıslak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2056
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اصلاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 103
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اصلاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 130