خلاش
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian خلاش (xalâš, “bog, swamp, marsh”).
Noun[edit]
خلاش • (hilaş)
- swamp, marsh, bog, quagmire, an area of low and wet land
- Synonym: باتاق (batak)
- (figuratively) hubbub, clamor, outcry, an expression of dissatisfaction or discontent
Further reading[edit]
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “hilâş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 441b
- Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “խիլաշ”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary][2], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 396b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خلاش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 860