صولاق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sōlak (“left-handed”),[1] which is, according to Clauson, the origin of Proto-Mongolic *solagaï (“left, handed”). Compare Azerbaijani solaxay, Bashkir һулаҡай (hulaqay), Crimean Tatar solaqay, Kazakh солақай (solaqai) and Tuvan солагай (solagay), all deriving from the Proto-Mongolic source.

Adjective

صولاق • (solak)

  1. left-handed, sinistromanual, using one's left hand in preference to one's right
    Synonym: چپ دست (çep dest)

Noun

صولاق • (solak)

  1. left-handed, left-hander, anyone who uses one's left hand in preference to one's right
  2. (historical) guardsman whose duty was to patrol the processions attended by the sultan
Derived terms
  • ركاب صولاغی (rikâb solağı, “officer of the solak guards”)
  • صولاق باشی (solak başı, “commander of the solak guards”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: solak

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “solak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 826

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Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *suvlağ (“watering place”),[1] a derivation from *sub (“water”), whence صو (su, “water”).

Adjective

صولاق • (sulak)

  1. (of a place) waterlogged, watery, wet, damp, covered or soaked with water

Noun

صولاق • (sulak)

  1. watering place, a place where water may be obtained and provided to cattle
Derived terms
  • صولاق دیبی (sulak dibi, “the corner of the mouth in a cattle”)
Descendants

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “suvlaġ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 788

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