çatlak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چاتلاق (çatlak), from çatla +‎ -k. Cognate with Azerbaijani çatlaq.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

çatlak

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

Noun

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

Declension of çatlak

	singular	plural
nominative	çatlak	çatlaklar
definite accusative	çatlağı	çatlakları
dative	çatlağa	çatlaklara
locative	çatlakta	çatlaklarda
ablative	çatlaktan	çatlaklardan
genitive	çatlağın	çatlakların

Derived terms

• kasık çatlağı

Descendants

• Armenian: չաթլախ (čʻatʻlax)
• Russian: чатлах (čatlax)

References

• “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