mihver

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محور (mihver), from Arabic مِحْوَر (miḥwar).

Noun

mihver (definite accusative mihveri, plural mihverler) (archaic)

1. pivot
2. axle
3. axis

   Synonym: eksen

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mihver”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1768
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN