Where does “kalabalık” come from?

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

kalabalık (Turkish): crowd; crowded

Definitions

  1. crowd; crowded

Ancestry of “kalabalık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقالابالقcrowded
2Ottoman Turkishـلق-ness
3Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lik →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـلق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قالابالق →