16थि जौथायनि लिरगिरि फिरिस्ताया दाबियो दि बे तुर्की सोदोब कुतुलुगनि जाख्लनाय, नाथाय बे सन्देह' खालामजाथाव।
The 16th-century writer Firishta claims that it is a corruption of the Turkic term Qutlugh, but this is doubtful.