(dial.) gelešik 4

1 to woo 2 to ask 3 messenger, in-between 4 parents having espoused their children 5 a promised bride

Proto-Turkic: *gele-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *gĕ̀la
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: 1 ухаживать, свататься 2 просить, выпрашивать 3 посланник, сват 4 родители, взаимно поженившие детей 5 просватанная девушка
Turkic: *gele-
Tungus-Manchu: *gelē-
Japanese: *kàr-
Comments: VEWT 248, ЭСТЯ 5, 32-33, Ахметьянов 112-114, Егоров 105, Федотов 1, 270-271. Some languages may reflect a merger with *kele- 'speak' (v. sub *k`i̯ăli). Turk. > Russ. клянчить.
Turkish: (dial.) gelešik 4
Tatar: kileš- 1, käläš 5; (Mishar) kelä- 2, (КСТТ) klän- 'to annoy, pester'
Middle Turkic: (Xwar.) keleči 3 (Qutb)
Turkmen: gelešik 4, geleŋ 'attention, care'
Khakassian: kǝle- 2, kǝlen- 'to beg'
Chuvash: kalaś- 1; kǝle- 2
Bashkir: käläš 5
Balkar: keleči 3
Karaim: keliš- 1, kl'a-, kl'an- 'to wish, be favourably inclined'
Kumyk: geleš- 1, geleči 3