بابالق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

بابا (baba) +‎ ـلك (-lık)

Noun

بابالق • (babalık)

1. paternity
2. stepfather; guardian
3. (slang) old chap

Descendants

• Turkish: babalık

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بابالق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 230
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بابالق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 314