قولتق

A development of Proto-Turkic *kol (“upper arm”), whence also Ottoman Turkish قول‎ (qol, “arm, sleeve, branch”); cognate with Azerbaijani qoltuq, Bashkir ҡултыҡ (qoltıq), Kazakh қолтық (qoltyq), Turkmen goltuk and Uzbek qo'ltiq.

قولتق • (koltuk)

1. armpit, the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder

   Synonyms: ابط‎ (ibt), بغل‎ (bağal), كش‎ (keş)

2. (figuratively) out of the way place, nook, middle of nowhere
3. armchair, a chair with supports for the arms or elbows

• Turkish: koltuk
• → Albanian: kolltuk
• → Armenian: խոլթուխ (xoltʿux), կոլթուխ (koltʿux)
• → Laz: კოლთუღი (ǩoltuği), ქოლთუღი (koltuği)

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