چولاق

Khalaj

Noun

چولاق (çolaq) (definite accusative چوْلاقؽ, plural چوْلاقلار)

1. Arabic spelling of çolaq (“cripple”)

Declension

Declension of چولاق

	singular	plural
nominative	چولاق	چولاقلار
genitive	چولاقؽݧ	چولاقلارؽݧ
dative	چولاققا	چولاقلارقا
definite accusative	چولاقؽ	چولاقلارؽ
locative	چولاقچا	چولاقلارچا
ablative	چولاقدا	چولاقلاردا
instrumental	چولاقلا	چولاقلارلا
equative	چولاقوارا	چولاقلاروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čol- (“crippled; to deteriorate, dwindle; defect; short-statured”). Cognate with Kyrgyz чолок (colok), Kazakh шолақ (şolaq), Uyghur چولاق (cholaq).

Adjective

چولاق • (çolak)

1. one-armed, one-handed
2. crippled (in the hand or arm)

Noun

چولاق • (çolak)

1. one-armed or a one-handed person
2. someone who is maimed or paralyzed in one arm or hand

Descendants

• Turkish: çolak
• → Armenian: չոլախ (čʻolax), ⇒ Չոլաքյան (Čʻolakʻyan)
• → Greek: τσολάκης (tsolákis), ⇒ Τσολάκης (Tsolákis)
• → Romanian: ciolac, ⇒ Ciolacu

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چولاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 739

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čoluk or *čolok, from *čol- Cognates with Turkish çolak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃolɑq/

Adjective

چولاق • (cholaq)

1. missing an arm or hand
2. deformed, crippled, maimed
3. (of furniture) missing a leg

Further reading

• Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN