دستك
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian دستک (dastak, “little hand”), a diminutive of دست (dast, “hand”).
Noun[edit]
دستك • (destek) (definite accusative دستكی (desteği), plural دستكلر (destekler))
- Diminutive of دست (dest, “hand”): small or delicate hand, like a child's hand
- Synonym: الجك (elcik)
- tap, rap, pat, a light blow or strike with a hand producing a clear sound
- strut, pillar, rib, prop, any beam or rod providing support in a building
- (figuratively) supporter, backer, someone who provides support to another
- Synonym: آرقه (arka)
Derived terms[edit]
- دستك امرمق (destek örmek, “to put a prop or support”)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “destek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1181
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “دستك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 224a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دستك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 572
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دستك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 2078
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “destek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دستك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 902