kulaç

Meaning

distance between the fingertips of two outstretched arms; fathom, armspan

Concepts

fathom

Synonyms

metre

ölçü

Translations

brasse

toise

Faden

🧶

braça

Klafter

braccio

çeng

qulac

vadem

braça

ذِرَاع

braza

باع

بَاع

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kuˈɫat͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قولاچ

Cognate with Azerbaijani: qolac

Cognate with Chuvash: хăлаç

Cognate with Kalmyk: кулаш

Cognate with Karakhanid: قُلَجْ

Cognate with Kazakh: кулаш

Cognate with Khakas: хулас

Cognate with Karaim: кулач

Cognate with Kyrgyz: кулач

Cognate with Shor: кулаш

Cognate with Southern Altai: кулаш

Cognate with Tatar: колач

Cognate with Turkmen: gulaç

Cognate with Tuvinian: кулаш

Cognate with Uyghur: غۇلاچ

Cognate with Uzbek: quloch

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قولاچ (ḳulaç) or قولاج (ḳulac), from Proto-Turkic *kulač. Although Kashgari puts the origin as *kol (“arm”) + *ač- (“to open, to spread”), Clauson finds this impossible.
Cognates
Azerbaijani qolac
Chuvash хăлаç (hălaç)
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