الماجق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From الما (elma, “apple”) +‎ ـجق (-cık, diminutive suffix).

Noun

الماجق • (elmacık)

1. diminutive of الما (elma, “apple”):
   1. (anatomy) iliac crest, the prominence of the haunch or hip

Descendants

• Turkish: elmacık

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “elmacık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1425
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “الماجق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 140
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “الماجق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 189