Where does “haçlamak” come from?
haçlamak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish خاچلامق, from Turkish haç, from Ottoman Turkish حج, from Arabic حَجّ, from Arabic حَجَّ — to convince with legal arguments; to make the...
haçlamak (Turkish): to crucify
Ancestry of “haçlamak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | خاچلامق | — |
| 2 | Turkish | haç | Christian cross |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | حج | hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca |
| 4 | Arabic | حَجّ | pilgrimage |
| 5 | Arabic | حَجَّ | to convince with legal arguments; to make the... |