قیلچق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قیل‎ (qıl, “hair, bristle”) +‎ ـچق‎ (-çık, diminutive suffix).

Noun

قیلچق • (qılçık)

fishbone, fish-spine
Synonym: دیكن‎ (diken)

Derived terms

قيلچيقلو‎ (qılçıklı, “full of fishbones”)

Descendants

Turkish: kılçık

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قیلچق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1001
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kılçık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قیلچق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1509

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