كوكلداش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From گوڭل (göñül, “heart”) +‎ ـداش (-daş, “companion”).

Noun

گوڭلداش • (göñüldaş)

1. one of the same mind and feelings with another, buddy, close friend

Descendants

• Turkish: gönüldaş

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gönüldaş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1751
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوكلداش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1600