амамлак
Macedonian
Etymology
Pseudo-loan from Ottoman Turkish, derived from حمام (hammam, “bathhouse”) + ـلق (-lık), as also dialectal Albanian hamamllëk (“bathhouse”). The morphologically identical forms Old Anatolian Turkish حماملق (hammamlık, “bath charge”) and Turkish hamamlık (“washroom”) are separate parallel formations.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈamamɫak]
- Hyphenation: а‧мам‧лак
Noun
амамлак • (amamlak) m (plural амамлаци)
- (archaic) Turkish bath (establishment)
- Synonym: амам (amam)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | амамлак (amamlak) | амамлаци (amamlaci) |
| definite unspecified | амамлакот (amamlakot) | амамлаците (amamlacite) |
| definite proximal | амамлаков (amamlakov) | амамлациве (amamlacive) |
| definite distal | амамлакон (amamlakon) | амамлацине (amamlacine) |
| vocative | амамлаку (amamlaku) | амамлаци (amamlaci) |
| count form | — | амамлака (amamlaka) |
References
- “амамлак” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu