طاتلو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

طتلو‎ (datlı, tatlı), دادلو‎ (dadlı)

Etymology

طات‎ (dat, tat, “taste”) +‎ ـلو‎ (“lı”).

Adjective

طاتلو • (datlı, tatlı)

sweet, being notable through being sugary, agreeable on the tongue

Noun

طاتلو • (datlı, tatlı)

sweet, dessert, concentrated juice for coffee, anything that enhances a meal by its high sugar content
sweet words, blandishment, affability

Derived terms

طاتلولتمق‎ (datlılatmak, tatlılatmak, “to sweeten”)
طاتلوجه‎ (datlıca, tatlıca, “sweetish”)
طاتلولق‎ (datlılık, tatlılık, “sweetness”)

Descendants

Turkish: tatlı
→ Arabic: تَطْلِيّ‎ (taṭliyy, “jam”)
→ Arabic: دَاطْلِيّ‎ (dāṭliyy, “a syrup-wallowed pastry”)

References

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “طاتلو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 3062–3063
Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876), “طاتلو”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 588

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