چایلاق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• چیلاق (çaylak)

Etymology

From Proto-Oghuz [Term?] (çarlak, çawlak).

Noun

چایلاق • (çaylak)

1. kite (bird)
2. beggar
3. crier

Descendants

• Turkish: çaylak
• → Armenian: չայլախ (čʻaylax)
• → Laz: ჩაილაღი (çailaği, “kite”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çaylak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چایلاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712