صاچاق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From صاچ‎ (saç, “hair on the head”) +‎ ـاق‎ (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix).

Noun

صاچاق • (saçak)

(architecture) eaves of a house
fringe, decorative border or hem

Derived terms

صاچاقلامق‎ (saçaklamak, “to put eaves to a house”)
صاچاقلانمق‎ (saçaklanmak, “to be supplied with eaves”)
صاچاقلو‎ (saçaklı, “eaved, fringed”)

Descendants

Turkish: saçak

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “صاچاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 744
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “saçak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صاچاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1152

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