عروسك

See also: عروسک

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian عروسک (arusak).

Noun

عروسك • (arusek)

1. diminutive of عروس (fiancée, bride)
2. a girl's doll
3. a brightly colored kind of mother of pearl
4. firefly; glowworm

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عروسك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 844
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عروسك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1296