مغلاق

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the root غ ل ق (ḡ l q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miɣ.laːq/

Noun

مِغْلَاق • (miḡlāq) m (plural مَغَالِيق (maḡālīq))

1. lock, closure
2. (firearms) receiver, breechblock, breech

Declension

Declension of noun مِغْلَاق (miḡlāq)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِغْلَاق miḡlāq	الْمِغْلَاق al-miḡlāq	مِغْلَاق miḡlāq
nominative	مِغْلَاقٌ miḡlāqun	الْمِغْلَاقُ al-miḡlāqu	مِغْلَاقُ miḡlāqu
accusative	مِغْلَاقًا miḡlāqan	الْمِغْلَاقَ al-miḡlāqa	مِغْلَاقَ miḡlāqa
genitive	مِغْلَاقٍ miḡlāqin	الْمِغْلَاقِ al-miḡlāqi	مِغْلَاقِ miḡlāqi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِغْلَاقَيْن miḡlāqayn	الْمِغْلَاقَيْن al-miḡlāqayn	مِغْلَاقَيْ miḡlāqay
nominative	مِغْلَاقَانِ miḡlāqāni	الْمِغْلَاقَانِ al-miḡlāqāni	مِغْلَاقَا miḡlāqā
accusative	مِغْلَاقَيْنِ miḡlāqayni	الْمِغْلَاقَيْنِ al-miḡlāqayni	مِغْلَاقَيْ miḡlāqay
genitive	مِغْلَاقَيْنِ miḡlāqayni	الْمِغْلَاقَيْنِ al-miḡlāqayni	مِغْلَاقَيْ miḡlāqay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَغَالِيق maḡālīq	الْمَغَالِيق al-maḡālīq	مَغَالِيق maḡālīq
nominative	مَغَالِيقُ maḡālīqu	الْمَغَالِيقُ al-maḡālīqu	مَغَالِيقُ maḡālīqu
accusative	مَغَالِيقَ maḡālīqa	الْمَغَالِيقَ al-maḡālīqa	مَغَالِيقَ maḡālīqa
genitive	مَغَالِيقَ maḡālīqa	الْمَغَالِيقِ al-maḡālīqi	مَغَالِيقِ maḡālīqi

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: մղլակ (mġlak)
  • Armenian: մղլակ (mġlak)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مغلاق (miğlak)
  • Turkish: miğlak

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِغْلَاق (miḡlāq, “lock”).

Noun

مغلاق • (miğlak) (plural مغالیق (megalîk))

1. lock, a device which requires a key to be opened

   Synonym: كلید (kilid)

2. latch, bolt, a fastening for a door consisting of a bar

   Synonyms: كلید (kilid), ماندال (mandal)

Descendants

• Turkish: miğlak

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “miğlak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3214
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “miğlâk”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 770
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Sera”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1544
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مغلاق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 4797
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مغلاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1923