باتاق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بتاق (batak), باتق (batak), بطاق (batak)

Etymology

From باتمق (batmak, “to sink”).

Noun

باتاق • (batak)

1. swamp, marsh, quagmire, bog; quicksand
2. den of fraudsters

Derived terms

• قره باتاق (kara batak, “cormorant”)
• باتاقجی (batakçı, “fraudster”)
  • باتاقجیلق (batakçılık, “fraud”)
• باتاقخانه (batakhane, “an establishment where fraud takes place”)
• باتاقلق (bataklık, “swampy place”)
• باتاقلی (bataklı, “swampy”)

Descendants

• Turkish: batak
• → Bulgarian: бата̀к (batàk)