çatlak

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From çatla +‎ -k. Cognate with Azerbaijani çatlaq.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [tʃɑtˈɫɑk]
  • (dialectal) (prostitute): IPA(key): [tʃɑtˈɫɑx]

Adjective[edit]

çatlak

  1. split, slit, cracked, fissured
  2. chapped (skin)
  3. cracked, uneven in tone (of voice)
  4. (figuratively, colloquial) crazy, loony, cracked, nuts

Noun[edit]

çatlak (definite accusative çatlağı, plural çatlaklar)

  1. crack, split; fissure
  2. chap, crack (on the skin)
  3. crack in the bone
  4. (dialectal, Mesudiye) prostitute

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative çatlak
Definite accusative çatlağı
Singular Plural
Nominative çatlak çatlaklar
Definite accusative çatlağı çatlakları
Dative çatlağa çatlaklara
Locative çatlakta çatlaklarda
Ablative çatlaktan çatlaklardan
Genitive çatlağın çatlakların

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: չաթլախ (čʿatʿlax)

References[edit]

  • “çatlak”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume III, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1968, page 1091a
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