kulaç

See also: kulać

Albanian

Etymology

From a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian kolač (“type of cake or pastry”), Macedonian колач (kolač), Bulgarian колач (kolač).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuˈlat͡ʃ]

Noun

kulaç m (plural kuleç, definite kulaçi, definite plural kuleçtë)

1. a type of round, unleavened bread; any round bread
2. (ethnographic) wheat bread given to children on the night before Christmas supper
3. cloth used for head-carrying

Declension

Declension of kulaç

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kulaç	kulaçi	kuleç	kuleçtë
accusative		kulaçin
dative	kulaçi	kulaçit	kuleçve	kuleçve
ablative			kuleçsh

Synonyms

• bukë
• kolendër
• simite

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɫat͡ʃ/
• Hyphenation: ku‧laç

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قولاچ (ḳulaç, “fathom, armspan”), from Proto-Turkic *kulač (“fathom, armspan”). Although Kashgari puts the origin as *kol (“arm”) +‎ *ač- (“to open, to spread”), Clauson finds this impossible.

Cognates

• Azerbaijani qolac
• Chuvash хӑлаҫ (xălaś)
• Kalmyk кулаш (kulaş)
• Karaim кулач
• Karakhanid قُلَجْ (qulač, qolač)
• Kazakh кулаш (kulaş)
• Khakas хулас (xulas)
• Kyrgyz кулач (kulac)
• Shor кулаш
• Southern Altai кулаш (kulaš)
• Tatar колач (qolaç), qolaç
• Turkmen gulaç
• Tuvan кулаш (kulaş)
• Uyghur غۇلاچ (ghulach)
• Uzbek quloch

Noun

kulaç (definite accusative kulacı, plural kulaçlar)

1. fathom, armspan, brace, toise, the distance between the fingertips of two outstretched arms

Derived terms

• kulaç açmak
• kulaç atmak
• kulaç hattı
• kulaç kulaç
• kulaçlamak

Further reading

• “kulaç”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kulaç”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kulaç”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2825
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kulaç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kulaç (definite accusative kulacı, plural kulaçlar)

1. alternative form of kolaç (“kalach”)

Declension

Declension of kulaç

	singular	plural
nominative	kulaç	kulaçlar
definite accusative	kulacı	kulaçları
dative	kulaca	kulaçlara
locative	kulaçta	kulaçlarda
ablative	kulaçtan	kulaçlardan
genitive	kulacın	kulaçların