kelecoş

Turkish

Alternative forms

• keledoş, keleçüş, kalacoş

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کاله‌جوش (kâle-juš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ce.leˈdʒoʃ/

Noun

kelecoş (dialectal)

1. (Amasya, Artvin, Kars, Erzincan, Van, Elazığ, Sivas) a dish made of roast and low-fat cheese placed over chopped bread or yufka
2. (Kars) a drink made of garlic yogurt poured over grated beetroot
3. (Van) a dish made of fried onions, lentils, walnuts etc.

Further reading

• “kelecoş”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume VIII, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1975, page 2726
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 87, page 33
• Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 8, derives from Armenian գայլաճօշ (gaylačōš) as if գայլ (gayl) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ ճաշ (čaš), but no such word exists in Armenian
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kelecoş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük, derives from Armenian կալաճաշ (kalačaš) as if կալ (kal) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ ճաշ (čaš), but no such word exists in Armenian