çolak

Meaning

Adj

1. one-armed
2. one-handed
3. crippled (in the hand or arm)

Noun

1. one-armed or a one-handed person
2. someone who is crippled in the arm or hand

Synonyms

kolsuz

tek kollu insan

Translations

manchot

أَعْرَج

einarmig

einhändig

çem

çolax

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: چولاق

Cognate with Kyrgyz: чолок

Cognate with Kazakh: шолақ

In summary

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.