پویرا

Ottoman Turkish

پویرا

Etymology

From Greek πορεία (poreía, “course, track, direction of movement”).

Noun

پویرا • (poyra)

1. hub, nave, the central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel

   Synonym: دولك (dülek)

Derived terms

• پویرا دیلكی (poyra dileği, “hole in the centre of the hub”)
• پویرا زوانه‌سی (poyra zıvanası, “metal lining of the hub”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: poyra

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “poyra2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3889
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پویرا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 329
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پویرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 460