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Where does “جلق” come from?

جلق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian جلق, from Arabic زلق — to slip, skid, to slide; to make slippery; to...

جلق (Ottoman Turkish): masturbation

Definitions

  1. masturbation

Ancestry of “جلق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianجلقmasturbation; onanism
2Arabicزلقto slip, skid, to slide; to make slippery; to...
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