زهرلك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From زهر (zehr, zehir, “poison, venom”) +‎ ـلك (lik, “-ness”).

Noun

زهرلك • (zehirlik)

1. toxicity, the state of being toxic
2. poison bag in a venomous animal
3. bribe given to a judge or functionary

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zehirlik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5448
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زهرلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1020