külhan
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish كولخان (külhan, “furnace in a hammam”), itself from Persian گلخان (gulxân, “backroom”).
Noun
editkülhan (definite accusative külhanı, plural külhanlar)
- the furnace located in a service room behind the walls, used to heat water which was then delivered to the steam room
Declension
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editFurther reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “külhan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2889
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “külhan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük