حاماق

Ottoman Turkish

حاماق

Etymology

Borrowed from French hamac (“hammock”), ultimately from Taíno *hamaka.

Noun

حاماق • (hamak) (definite accusative حاماغی (hamağı), plural حاماقلر (hamaklar))

1. hammock, a swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas and suspended by clews or cords at the ends

Descendants

• Turkish: hamak

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hamak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1856
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “hammock”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 233a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hamak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük