دردست

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian در (dar, “in”) and دست (dast, “hand”).

Adjective

دردست • (derdest)

1. in hand
2. at hand, at the ready

Noun

دردست • (derdest)

1. arrest

   Synonym: یاقالامه (yakalama)

   دردست ایتمك ― derdest etmek ― to arrest

Descendants

• Turkish: derdest

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دردست”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 568b
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “derdest”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN