قیتلق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From قیت (kıt) +‎ ـلق (-lık).

Noun

قیتلق • (kıtlık)

  1. scarcity (especially scarcity of produce)
    Synonym: قلت (kıllet)
  2. famine

Descendants

  • Turkish: kıtlık
  • → Armenian: խըթլըխ (xətʻləx), կըթլըղ (kətʻləġ)
  • → Zazaki: qıtlıq

References

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