forka

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian furca and/or Italian forca, both from Latin furca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.ka/

Noun

forka f (plural forok)

1. gallows, gibbet

Turkish

Alternative forms

• furka

Etymology

Borrowed from Laz ჶორკა (forǩa).

Noun

forka (Rize, Artvin)

1. dress

Related terms

• foga

References

• Öztürk, Özhan (2005) “forka”, in Karadeniz: Ansiklopedik Sözlük [Black Sea: Encyclopaedic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 393a
• Salman, Fikri (2007) “Günümüzde Rize ve civarında görülen geleneksel giysiler [Traditional clothes of Rize and its environment]”, in Güzel Sanatlar Enstitüsü Dergisi‎^[2] (in Turkish), volume 19, Erzurum, page 186 of 177–202