قالابالق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

غلبه‌لك‎ (ğalebelik)

Etymology

From Arabic غلبة‎ with the native suffix ـلق‎ (-lık).

Adjective

قالابالق • (kalabalık)

crowded

Noun

قالابالق • (kalabalık)

crowd
confused mass
one's personal or household belongings collectively

Descendants

Turkish: kalabalık
→ Armenian: խալապալըխ (xalapaləx), կալաբալաղ (kalabalał), կալաբալըղ (kalabaləł)
→ Romanian: calabalâc
→ Swedish: kalabalik
- → Finnish: kalabaliikki

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kalabalık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “غلبه‌لك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1348

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