شاقلابان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately either derived or conflated with شاقلامق (şaklamak, “to make a cracking sound”). Possibly from Greek σαχλαμάρας (sachlamáras) or a corruption of شهلوند (şehlevend) (see (lavand)).

Noun

شاقلابان • (şaklaban)

buffoon, fool
Synonyms: صویتاری (soytarı), مقلد (mukallid), مسخر (mashara, maskara)
impostor, trickster, charlatan

Derived terms

شاقلابانلق (şaklabanlık)

Descendants

Turkish: şaklaban
→ Albanian: shakllaban
→ Greek: σαχλαμπάνης (sachlampánis)
→ Serbo-Croatian: šaklàban／шакла̀бан

Adjective

شاقلابان • (şaklaban)

foolish, silly
fraudulent, dishonest
noisy
Synonym: شاقراق (şakrak)

References

Seydi, Ali (1912) “شٰاقْلٰابٰانْ”, in رسملی قاموس عثمانی [resimli kamus-ı ʼosmani]‎ (in Ottoman Turkish), page 577c
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شاقلابان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 715b
Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “شاقلابان”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 454b
Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “chaclaban”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 235
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şaklaban”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4421
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şaklaban”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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