çaylak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چایلاق‎ (çaylak, “kite (bird), beggar”), from Proto-Oghuz [Term?] (çarlak, çawlak).

Noun

çaylak (definite accusative çaylağı, plural çaylaklar)

kite (bird)
beggar
newbie

References

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

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