şaplak

Turkish

Alternative forms

• şapalağ, şapalah, şapalaḫ, şapalak, şapalık (dialectal)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شاپلاق (şaplak), related to şaplamak (“to slap”). Cognate with Azerbaijani şapalaq, Kazakh шапалақ (şapalaq).

Noun

şaplak

1. slap

   Synonyms: tokat, sille

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN