طاتلو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • طاتلی (datlı, tatlı), طتلو (datlı, tatlı), دادلو (dadlı)

Etymology

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

Adjective

طاتلو • (datlı, tatlı)

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

Noun

طاتلو • (datlı, tatlı)

  1. sweet, dessert, concentrated juice for coffee, anything that enhances a meal by its high sugar content
  2. 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”)
  • → Laz: თათლი (tatli)

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 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 588
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