چوملك

Ottoman Turkish

چوملك

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čöŋgek (“a kettle, pitcher”); further origin is unknown.[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani çölmə, Chuvash чӳлмек (čülmek), Crimean Tatar çülmek, Kazakh шөлмэк (şölmék), Kyrgyz чөлмөк (cölmök), Nogai шоьлмек (şölmek), Tatar чүлмәк (çülmäk).

Noun

چوملك • (çömlek)

  1. marmite, pipkin, an earthen pot of various designs, usually potbellied

Derived terms

  • چناق چوملك (çanak çömlek, “pots and pans”)
  • چوملك دیبی (çömlek dibi, “food from the bottom of a pot”)
  • چوملك كبابی (çömlek kebabı, “meat roasted in a pipkin”)
  • چوملكجی (çömlekci, “maker or seller of pots”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çömlek
  • → Armenian: չէօմլէկ (čʻēōmlēk) — Constantinople
  • → Bulgarian: чомле́к (čomlék)

References

  1. Eren, Hasan (1999) “çömlek”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi

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