كوملك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *köyŋelek; cognate with Azerbaijani köynək, Karakhanid کُنکْلَکْ (köŋlek), Crimean Tatar kölmek, Turkmen köýnek, Khakas кӧгенек, Kyrgyz көйнөк (köynök), Southern Altai кӱнек (künek), Kazakh көйлек (köilek), Uzbek ko'ylak, Bashkir күлдәк (küldək), Tatar күлмәк (külmäk).

Noun

گوملك • (gömlek)

1. shirt, chemise, smock, or any similar garment

   Synonyms: پیراهن (pirahen), قمیص (kamis)

2. coat or layer of paint
3. cover or case of linen
4. (anatomy) integument, a protective covering of a bodily organ

Derived terms

• گوملكجی (gömlekci, “shirt maker”)

Descendants

• Turkish: gömlek

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gömlek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1745
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوملك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1060
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Indusium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 788
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كوملك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 4093
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gömlek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوملك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1604