çatlak

Turkish

Etymology

Cognate with Azerbaijani çatlaq.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tʃɑtˈɫɑk]
  • (dialectal) (prostitute): IPA(key): [tʃɑtˈɫɑx]

Adjective

çatlak (comparative daha çatlak, superlative en çatlak)

  1. split, slit, cracked, fissured
  2. chapped (skin)
  3. cracked, uneven in tone (of voice)
  4. (figuratively, colloquial) crazy, loony, cracked, nuts

Noun

çatlak (definite accusative çatlağı, plural çatlaklar)

  1. crack, split; fissure
  2. chap, crack (on the skin)
  3. crack in the bone
  4. (dialectal, Mesudiye) prostitute

Declension
Inflection
Nominative çatlak
Definite accusative çatlağı
Singular Plural
Nominative çatlak çatlaklar
Definite accusative çatlağı çatlakları
Dative çatlağa çatlaklara
Locative çatlakta çatlaklarda
Ablative çatlaktan çatlaklardan
Genitive çatlağın çatlakların

Descendants

References
  • “çatlak”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume III, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1968, page 1091a
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