ورنیك
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- ورنیج (vernic)
Etymology edit
From either Greek βερνίκη (verníki) or Italian vernice (“varnish”).
Noun edit
ورنیك • (vernik)
- varnish, a type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vernik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5112
- Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “vernik”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 355
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vernik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük