alacık

== Turkish == === Alternative forms === alacuk, alaçu, alaçuk === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلاچق (alaçık, alaçak, “yurt, nomad's tent”), from Proto-Turkic *alāču (“tent, hut”), a word which usually have final -k in a lot of later forms. === Noun === alacık (definite accusative alacığı, plural alacıklar) nomadic tent made of felt, like a yurt or ger Near-synonym: yurt hut or shelter made of twigs and branches Synonym: çardak ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “alacık”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “alacık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 168 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “alacık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük