ایلدام

Chagatai

Alternative forms

  • جیلدام (jyldām /⁠jıldam⁠/), چیلدام (čyldām /⁠čıldam⁠/), ییلدام (yyldām /⁠yıldam⁠/)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Cognate to Turkmen ýyldam, Kazakh жылдам (jyldam).

Adjective

ایلدام • (ʾyldām /ıldam/) (comparative ایلدام‌راق (/⁠ıldamraq⁠/), superlative اینک ایلدام (/⁠eŋ ıldam⁠/))

  1. fast, quick, swift, rapid
    Synonyms: تیز (tyz /⁠tez⁠/), الغر (ʾlġr /⁠alġur⁠/), روان (rwān /⁠räwān⁠/), چالت (čālt /⁠čalt⁠/), توزکان (twzkān /⁠tüzgän⁠/)
    ایلدام ایتماکʾyldām ʾytmāk /ıldam etmäk/ ― to fasten

Descendants

  • Uyghur: ئىلدام (ildam)
  • Uzbek: ildam

Further reading

  • Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 790
  • Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 498
  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870), “ایلدام”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[2] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 130
  • Vámbery, Ármin (1867), Ćagataische sprachstudien[3] (in German), Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, page 237