ساغراق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

According to Nishanyan, from Proto-Turkic *saġrak (“glass, goblet”), which is related to Persian ساغر (sâgar, “wine glass”).

Noun

ساغراق • (sağrak)

1. glass, a vessel from which one drinks

   Synonyms: بارداق (bardak), جام (cam)

2. sort of wooden container for oil
3. kind of unit of measure for liquids

Descendants

• Turkish: sağrak

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sağrak1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4017
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sağrak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ساغراق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1028