çölyak
/t͡ʃøljak/from spelling rules
The Turkish word for celiac is çölyak.
The term çölyak is used to refer to someone who has celiac disease.
Meaning: someone who has celiac disease (noun)
Is it said differently in some regions?
In some rural areas, people might refer to celiac disease as buğday alerjisi, which means "wheat allergy".
How do you pronounce it?
The pronunciation is /tʃøljak/. The /tʃ/ sound is like the [ch] in change, the /j/ sound is like the [y] in yes and the /k/ sound is like the [c] in core.
Did you know?
- Medical terminology in Turkish often borrows from French, which is why çölyak sounds similar to the French coeliaque rather than a native Turkic root.
- A person with çölyak might describe their diet as ekmeksiz, which literally means 'without bread', even if they can eat other gluten-containing grains.
- Turkish people often use the phrase çölyak hastası to identify themselves, using the word hasta meaning 'patient' even when they view the condition as a lifelong lifestyle rather than an acute illness.
Examples in context
- Seitan çölyak hastalarının şeytanıdır.Seitan is the Satan of celiac patients.This sentence uses çölyak to describe the relationship between seitan and celiac patients.Tatoeba #9850356 by soliloquist, translation #9850355 by soliloquist
- Bir çölyak hastası olarak çok dikkatli olmalısın.As a celiac, you must be very careful.
- O, bir çölyak hastası olduğu için bu yemeği yiyemez.Since she is a celiac, she cannot eat this food.
Example conversation
Emre and Zeynep are deciding what to order at a restaurant.
- EmreBu makarnayı sipariş edelim mi?Shall we order this pasta?
- ZeynepHayır, ben bir çölyak hastasıyım.No, I am a celiac.
- EmreÖzür dilerim, bunu düşünemedim.I'm sorry, I didn't think of that.
- ZeynepSorun değil, glutensiz bir şeyler bakalım.No problem, let's look for something gluten-free.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Turkish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
