kulaç

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian kolač (“type of cake or pastry”), Macedonian колач (kolač), Bulgarian колач (kolač).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kulaç m (plural kuleç, definite kulaçi, definite plural kuleçtë)

  1. a type of round, unleavened bread; any round bread
  2. (ethnographic) wheat bread given to children on the night before Christmas supper
  3. cloth used for head-carrying

Declension[edit]

Declension of kulaç
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kulaç kuleç kulaçi kuleçtë
accusative kulaçin
dative kulaçi kuleçve kulaçit kuleçvet
ablative kuleçsh

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “kulaç”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 174-175

Turkish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kuˈɫat͡ʃ/
  • Hyphenation: ku‧laç

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قولاچ (ḳulaç)[1] or قولاج (ḳulac),[2][3] from Proto-Turkic *kulač.[4][5][6] Although Kashgari puts the origin as *kol (“arm”) +‎ *ač- (“to open, to spread”),[7] Clauson finds this impossible.[4]

Cognates

Noun[edit]

kulaç (definite accusative kulacı, plural kulaçlar)

  1. distance between the fingertips of two outstretched arms; fathom, armspan
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Bulgarian колач (kolač).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

kulaç (definite accusative kulacı, plural kulaçlar)

  1. (regional) small leavened or unleavened bread

Derived terms[edit]

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative kulaç
Definite accusative kulacı
Singular Plural
Nominative kulaç kulaçlar
Definite accusative kulacı kulaçları
Dative kulaca kulaçlara
Locative kulaçta kulaçlarda
Ablative kulaçtan kulaçlardan
Genitive kulacın kulaçların

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قولاچ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1493
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قولاج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 986
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قولاج”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1107
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kulaç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 618
  5. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kula-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  6. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kulaç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  7. ^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943

Further reading[edit]

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