اشك سولوكی

Ottoman Turkish

اشك سولوكی

Etymology

From اشك (eşek, “donkey, ass”) + سولوك (sülük, “leech”).

Noun

اشك سولوكی • (eşek sülüğü)

horse-leech, a type of sucking worm (Haemopis sanguisuga)

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اشك سولوكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1094

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