طاتلو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• طاتلی (datlı, tatlı), طتلو (datlı, tatlı), دادلو (dadlı)

Etymology

طات (dat, tat, “taste”) +‎ ـلو (“lı”).

Adjective

طاتلو • (datlı, tatlı)

1. sweet, being notable through being sugary, agreeable on the tongue

Noun

طاتلو • (datlı, tatlı)

1. sweet, dessert, concentrated juice for coffee, anything that enhances a meal by its high sugar content
2. sweet words, blandishment, affability

Derived terms

• طاتلولتمق (datlılatmak, tatlılatmak, “to sweeten”)
• طاتلوجه (datlıca, tatlıca, “sweetish”)
• طاتلولق (datlılık, tatlılık, “sweetness”)

Descendants

• Turkish: tatlı
• → Arabic: تَطْلِيّ (taṭliyy, “jam”)
• → Arabic: دَاطْلِيّ (dāṭliyy, “a syrup-wallowed pastry”)
• → Laz: თათლი (tatli)

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “طاتلو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, columns 3062–3063
• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “طاتلو”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 588