dülek
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish دولك (dülek, “small or stunted melon; nave”), itself from Proto-Turkic *tüglek.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: dü‧lek
Noun edit
dülek (definite accusative düleği, plural dülekler)
- small or unripe melon or watermelon
- nave, the hub of a wheel
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dülek2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1323