Where does “قلقان” come from?
قلقان (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic قلق — to be agitated, disquieted, shaken; to worry; to...
قلقان (Ottoman Turkish): rondache, roundshield, a circular shield made of...
Definitions
- rondache, roundshield, a circular shield made of...
Ancestry of “قلقان”, step by step
قلقان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic قلق
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | قلق | to be agitated, disquieted, shaken; to worry; to... |
via Proto-Turkic *kalkan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | *kalkan | shield |