قلقان

Ottoman Turkish

قلقان
قلقان

Alternative forms

  • قالقان‎ (kalkan)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic; cognate with Azerbaijani qalxan, Karakalpak qalqan, Kazakh қалқан (qalqan), Kyrgyz калкан (kalkan), Turkmen galkan, Uzbek qalqon. Compare Mongolian халх (xalx, “shield”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɫkan/

Noun

قلقان • (kalkan)

  1. shield, especially a rondache or roundshield, a circular shield made of fig-wood covered with cords
    Synonyms: ترس‎ (“türs”), درقه‎ (daraka), سپر‎ (“siper”)

Derived terms

  • قلقان بالغی‎ (kalkan balığı, “turbot”)
  • قلقانجی‎ (kalkancı, “shield-maker or shield-seller”)
  • قلقانلنمش‎ (kalkanlanmış, “shielded”)
  • قلقانلنمق‎ (kalkanlanmak, “to equip oneself with a shield”)
  • قلقانلو‎ (kalkanlı, “shielded”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kalkan
  • → Armenian: խալխան (xalxan), կալխան (kalxan)
  • → Bulgarian: калка́н (kalkán)
  • → Greek: καλκάνι (kalkáni)
  • → Macedonian: калкан (kalkan)
  • → Romanian: calcán
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: ка̀лка̄н
    Latin: kàlkān

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ل ق‎

Etymology

Intensive adjective of the stative verb قلق‎ (ʔiliʔ, “to be anxious, to be worried, to be concerned”) .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔal.ʔaːn/, [ʔalˈʔæːn]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡal.ɡaːn/, [ɡalˈɡæːn]
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Adjective

قلقان • (ʔalʔān) (feminine قلقانة‎ (ʔalʔāne), common plural قلقانين‎ (ʔalʔānīn))

  1. worried, anxious, concerned
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