Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Ultimately a derivation of Proto-Turkic *tokï- (to hit, strike),[1] whence also طوقماق (tokmak), طوقشماق (tokuşmak).

Noun

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توقات (tokat)

  1. slap
    Synonym: شاپلق (şaplak)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: tokat

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tokɨ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill