palak

See also: pal-ak and pałąk

English

Etymology

From Hindi पालक (pālak), from Sanskrit पालक्या (pālakyā).

Noun

palak (uncountable)

1. (India, cooking) Spinach or similar greens (including Amaranthus species and Chenopodium album).

Anagrams

• Palka, kalpa, klapa

Sarawak Malay

Alternative forms

• kepalak

Etymology

Shortening of kepalak, derived from Malay kepala, from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(kə.)pa.laʔ/

Noun

palak

1. (anatomy) head: the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs

   Penin palak ku dengar ya.

   I have a headache hearing that.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian բալախ (balax), dialectal փալախ (pʻalax).

Noun

palak (definite accusative palağı, plural palaklar)

1. (dialectal, Artvin) leaf
2. (dialectal, Ahlat) a tender soft grass that grows in wet places
3. (dialectal, Artvin) short grass that grows again after being mown
4. (dialectal, Divriği) crop sown early that remains short and does not form ears
5. (dialectal, Çemişgezek, Ağın, Şanlıurfa, Ankara) dry grass
6. (dialectal, Ahlat) type of grass eaten by animals
7. (dialectal, Ardanuç) time of crop to form ears
8. (dialectal, Ovacık) dry grass

Declension

Declension of palak

	singular	plural
nominative	palak	palaklar
definite accusative	palağı	palakları
dative	palağa	palaklara
locative	palakta	palaklarda
ablative	palaktan	palaklardan
genitive	palağın	palakların

Related terms

• palaḫ, palağ

References

• “palaḫ (II)”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 9, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977, page 3382a
• “palak (IV), (V)”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 9, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977, page 3382b
• Dankoff, Robert (1995), Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 41, page 24
• Bläsing, Uwe (1992), Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hemşin (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, § 101, pages 64–65