زلوه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• زاوله (zavla), زوله (zevle), زیوله (zivle)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζεύγλη (zeúglē, “loop attached to the yoke”), which derives from the verb ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to yoke, harness”).

Noun

زلوه • (zelve)

1. 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

• Turkish: zelve, zevle, zivle, zilve

Further reading

• 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