خلاش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خلاش (xalâš, “bog, swamp, marsh”).

Noun

خلاش • (hilaş)

1. swamp, marsh, bog, quagmire, an area of low and wet land

   Synonym: باتاق (batak)

2. (figuratively) hubbub, clamor, outcry, an expression of dissatisfaction or discontent

Further reading

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “hilâş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 441b
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “խիլաշ”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 396b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خلاش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 860