çağlamak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چاغلامق (çağlamak), from چاغل (çağıl, “the sound of running water”). Of Turkic origin. Not related to çağ (a different Turkic or Mongolian word) or çağla (“fruit, almond”) (from Persian).

Verb

çağlamak (third-person singular simple present çağlar)

  1. to make a sound of running water: to babble, to murmur, to gurgle

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çağlamak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاغلامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 705
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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