طورناویدا
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- طورناوید (tornavid)
Etymology edit
From a dialectal variant of Italian tornavite (itself an archaic synonym of cacciavite (“screwdriver”)), from tornare (“to turn, return”) + vite (“screw”).
Noun edit
طورناویدا • (tornavida)
- screwdriver, a hand tool used to turn a screw, thus driving it in or loosening it
Related terms edit
- ویده (vida, “screw”)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: tornavida
- → Armenian: թօռնօվիտա (tʻōṙnōvita) — Constantinople
Further reading edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “թօռնօվիտա”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 83
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tornavida”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4877
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طورناویدا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 815
- Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “tornavid”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 346
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tornavida”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طورناوید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1254