From Ottoman Turkish چولاق (çolak), from Proto-Turkic *čol- (“crippled; to deteriorate, dwindle; defect; short-statured”). Cognate with Kyrgyz чолок (colok), Kazakh шолақ (şolaq), etc.
Oefen met het spreken en memoriseren van " çolak " en vele andere woorden en zinnen in Turks .