قالابالق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

غلبه‌لك (ğalebelik)

Etymology

From Arabic غَلَبَة (ḡalaba) +‎ ـلق (-lık).

Adjective

قالابالق • (kalabalık)

crowded

Noun

قالابالق • (kalabalık)

crowd
confused mass
one's personal or household belongings collectively

Descendants

Turkish: kalabalık
→ Armenian: խալապալըխ (xalapaləx), կալաբալաղ (kalabalaġ), կալաբալըղ (kalabaləġ)
→ Macedonian: калабалак (kalabalak)
→ Romanian: calabalâc
→ Swedish: kalabalik
- → Finnish: kalabaliikki

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kalabalık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غلبه‌لك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1348

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