Where does “آلتونلمق” come from?

آلتونلمق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آلتون, from Proto-Turkic altun — gold.

آلتونلمق (Ottoman Turkish): to gild, to cover, adorn, or decorate with a thin layer of gold

Definitions

  1. to gild, to cover, adorn, or decorate with a thin layer of gold

Ancestry of “آلتونلمق”, step by step

آلتونلمق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish آلتون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآلتونgold
2Proto-Turkicaltungold

via Ottoman Turkish ـلامق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلامقforms verbs from nouns or adjectives
Every word from Proto-Turkic altun →