بدرك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from a dialectal form of Armenian պատրույգ (patruyg, “wick”).[1][2]

Noun

بدرك • (bedrek) (definite accusative بدركی (bedreği), plural بدركلر (bedrekler))

  1. lock or roll of carded cotton wool ready for spinning

Descendants

  • Turkish: bedrik

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979), “պատրոյգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 53b
  2. ^ Dankoff, Robert (1995), Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 607, page 124

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