قورومساق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compare قورمق‎ (kurmak, “to organize, set a trap; to plan; to brood”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

قورومساق • (kurumsak)

pimp, panderer; one who panders his wife
Synonym: پزونك‎ (pezevenk)
dishonorable person; shameless person

Descendants

Turkish: kurumsak
→ Georgian: ყურუმსაღი (q̇urumsaɣi)
→ Persian: قرمساق‎ (qorramsâq, “pimp, cuckold”)

References

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kurumsak²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2857
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قورومساق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1485

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