زوانه

Ottoman Turkish

زوانه

Etymology

Vulgarization of Persian زبانه (zobâne, “object similar to a tongue”), from زبان (zobân, “tongue”).

Noun

زوانه • (zıvana)

1. tenon, a projecting member made to insert into a mortise
2. the paper tube inserted in cigarettes to serve as a mouthpiece
3. heel, the lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter

Derived terms

• صبان زوانه‌سی (saban zıvanası, “pin passed through the pole of a plough”)

Descendants

• Turkish: zıvana

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zıvana”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5478
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “زوانه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 258b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زوانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 649
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زوانه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 2481
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zıvana”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زوانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1018