طاقوز

Ottoman Turkish

طاقوز

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek τάκος (tákos, “chock, wedge”), a word that is probably related to Italian tacco (“heel of a shoe”).

Noun

طاقوز • (takoz) (definite accusative طاقوزی (takozu), plural طاقوزلر (takozlar))

1. billet, a short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood on open hearth fires
2. wedge, one of the simple machines used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering

   Synonym: قامه (kama)

3. chock, any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel
4. cleat, a strip of wood or iron fastened on to something in order to hold position

Descendants

• Turkish: takoz

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “takoz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4557
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طاقوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 793
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “takoz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طاقوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1225