Where does “كیرلمك” come from?

كیرلمك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كیر, from Old Turkic kir, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ — girl; woman; ? red, dark thing.

كیرلمك (Ottoman Turkish): to befoul, soil, to make dirty, filthy, or foul

Definitions

  1. to befoul, soil, to make dirty, filthy, or foul

Ancestry of “كیرلمك”, step by step

كیرلمك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish كیر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكیرdirt, filth, squalor, any foul matter which soils or defiles
2Old Turkickir—
3Proto-Turkickï̄ŕgirl; woman; ? red, dark thing

via Ottoman Turkish ـلامق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلامقforms verbs from nouns or adjectives
Every word from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ →Every word from Old Turkic kir →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كیر →