Etymology

Solak

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Turkish Solak ← Polish Solak ← Serbo-Croatian Šolak
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  1. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromŠolak
  2. Polish · borrowed fromSolak
  3. Turkish · borrowed fromSolak
  4. English todaySolak

Various origins: * Borrowed from Turkish Solak, from solak (“left-handed”). * Borrowed from Polish Solak, a metonymic occupational surname for a seller or producer of salt, from sól (“salt”). * Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Šolak.

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