اولق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ulag, from Proto-Turkic *ula-. See اُولَمَقْ (ulamaq) for more.

Noun

اُولَقْ • (ulaq)

  1. messenger, courier, a person who delivers news
  2. delegate
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: اولاق (ulak)
    • Turkish: ulak
    • → Romanian: olac

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *oluk (“hollowed-out tree”).

Noun

اُولُقْ • (oluq)

  1. gutter
Descendants

Further reading

  • Boeschoten, Hendrik (2022), A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.169), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 139

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اُولُقْ (oluq), from Proto-Turkic *oluk (“hollowed-out tree”) ; cognate with Bashkir улаҡ (ulaq), Nogai олык (olık) and Tatar улак (ulaq).

Noun

اولق • (oluk)

  1. gutter, a channel intended for the drainage of water
    Synonym: ناو (nav)
  2. downspout, a spout by which rain runs from a roof
    Synonym: میزاب (mizab)
  3. carpenter's gouge, a chisel for scooping channels or grooves
    Synonym: اسكنه (iskene)

Derived terms

  • آغاج اولق (ağac oluk, “wooden spout”)
  • آلتون اولق (altun oluk, “gold spout”)
  • اولقلو (oluklu, “channeled”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: oluk
  • → Albanian: ulluk
  • → Armenian: օլուխ (ōlux)
  • → Bulgarian: олу́к (olúk)
  • → Greek: λούκι (loúki)
  • → Macedonian: олук (oluk)
  • → Romanian: oluc, uluc
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: о̀лук
    Latin script: òluk

Further reading

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