Turkish

Alternative forms

• çatlaḫ (dialectal, Gürün, sense “prostitute” only)

Adjective

çatlak ‎(comparative daha çatlak, superlative en çatlak)

1. split, slit, cracked, fissured
2. chapped (skin)
3. cracked, uneven in tone (of voice)
4. (figuratively, colloquial) crazy, loony, cracked, nuts
5. (dialectal, Mesudiye) prostitute

Noun

çatlak ‎(definite accusative çatlağı, plural çatlaklar)

1. crack, split; fissure
2. chap, crack (on the skin)
3. crack in the bone

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: չաթլախ ‎(čʿatʿlax)

References

• “çatlak”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume III, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1968, page 1091a