Where does “قالابالق” come from?

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

قالابالق (Ottoman Turkish): crowded

Definitions

  1. crowded

Ancestry of “قالابالق”, step by step

قالابالق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـلق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلق-ness
2Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness

via Arabic غَلَبَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicغَلَبَةprevalence; excess

Words derived from “قالابالق

Every word from Proto-Turkic *-likEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ـلق