alçak

Signification

1. Not having much distance from the ground, not high; low.
2. Not tall; short.
3. (derogatory,figuratively) Vile, immoral, dishonorable.

Coupé comme

al‧çak

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/aɫˈt͡ʃak/

Étymologie

From Ottoman Turkish آلچاق (alçaḳ, “low, short in stature, shallow, vile, despicable”), from Proto-Turkic *ăl (“lower side, below, being below, lower”). According to Talât Tekin Turkish aşağı (from aşak) and alçak are doublets, since ĺč turns into ş in Common Turkic. But longs vowels do not fit together in Turkmen alçak (alçak) and aşak (aşa:k).
An alternative etymology is suggested by Hüseyin Yıldız as alt (“bottom, base”) + -sa- (“derives verbs from nouns and adjectives”) + -k (“participle suffix”), where the /ts/ sound undergoes a phonetic change and turns into /t͡ʃ/, in which way derivations like alçak, alçalmak (“to become low, to stoop, to degenerate”) as well as آلچامق (alçamaḳ, “to treat as vile, to become low”)(which does not exist in Modern Turkish) are made.

Phrases

Alçak yerde tepecik kendisini dağ sanır.

Tepecik est une montagne à l'endroit bas.

Dört ayak merdivenle inildikten sonra alçak bir kapı vardı .

Après que les quatre pieds aient atterri dans les escaliers, il y avait une porte basse.

Alçak bir tavan gibi , ıslak yerlere yaklaşan bulutlarla, ufkun manzarası münasebetsiz ve çirkindi.

Comme un plafond bas, des nuages ​​approchant des endroits humides, la vue de l'horizon n'était pas liée et laide.