طورتی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From an Iranian language. Compare Persian درد (dord) and Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy).

Noun

طورتی • (tortu)

1. dregs, lees, sediment, pomace, marc
2. precipitate

Descendants

• Turkish: tortu
• → Armenian: թօռթու (tʻōṙtʻu)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طورتی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 814
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tortu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طورتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1253