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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