كوكسلك
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom گوگس (göğüs, “chest, breast”) + ـلك (-lık, luk).
Noun
editگوگسلك • (göğüslük)
- kind of vest or short Guernsey frock covering the chest
- breastplate, a piece of armor protecting the chest
- bib, an item of clothing for babies tied around the neck
- pinafore, a sleeveless dress worn by girls similar to an apron
- horse's neckband, especially a boss at the junction of the neckband and the bellyband
Descendants
edit- Turkish: göğüslük
Further reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “göğüslük”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1740
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوكسلك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1057
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Pectorale”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[2], Vienna, column 1257
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كوكسلك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 4087
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوكسلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1600