زلوه
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ζεύγλη (zeúglē, “loop attached to the yoke”), which derives from the verb ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to yoke, harness”).
Noun edit
زلوه • (zelve)
- sort of wooden stick that is placed vertically on both sides of the neck of a draught animal, so it does not come off the yoke
Descendants edit
- Turkish: zelve
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zelve”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5451
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “زوله”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 259b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زلوه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 646
- Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 59
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زلوه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1012