Where does “калабалак” come from?

калабалак (Macedonian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قالابالق, from Ottoman Turkish ـلق, from Proto-Turkic *-lik — noun suffix; -ness.

калабалак (Macedonian): crowd

Definitions

  1. crowd

Ancestry of “калабалак”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقالابالقcrowded
2Ottoman Turkishـلق-ness
3Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lik →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـلق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قالابالق →