şaplak

Turkish

Alternative forms

• şapalağ, şapalah, şapalaḫ, şapalak, şapalık (dialectal)

Etymology

From şaplamak (“to slap”). Cognate with Azerbaijani şapalaq.

Noun

şaplak

1. slap

   Synonyms: tokat, sille

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: չափլախ (čʻapʻlax)
• → Armenian: չափալախ (čʻapʻalax), չափալաղ (čʻapʻalaġ), չափալե (čʻapʻale), չափալեղ (čʻapʻaleġ), շափալաղ (šapʻalaġ), շափլախ (šapʻlax), շապպալաղ (šappalaġ), շաբալախ (šabalax), չըմփալախ (čʻəmpʻalax), շափլոխ (šapʻlox), շափալա (šapʻala), շափալախ (šapʻalax), չըմփալաղ (čʻəmpʻalaġ), չա̈փա̈լա̈ (čʻäpʻälä)
• → Kurdish:
  • Central Kurdish: [script needed] (şepłax), [script needed] (şepłaxe), [script needed] (şepełax), [script needed] (şepałe)
• → Persian: شپلاق (šaplâq)

Further reading

• Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 294