اوستلك
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From اوست (üst, “top”) + ـلك (-lik, luk, “-ness”).
Noun[edit]
اوستلك • (üstlük)
- the quality of being uppermost, the state of being at the top
- anything that is uppermost, such as a lid, a coat, a veil, or a muffler
Derived terms[edit]
- اوستلكلو (üstlüklü, “possessed of a lid, veil or coat”)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: üstlük
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “üstlük1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5061
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوستلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 253