ال دگرمنی

Ottoman Turkish

ال دگرمنی

Etymology

From ال (el, “hand”) + دگرمن (değirmen, “mill”).

Noun

ال دگرمنی • (el değirmeni)

1. handmill, quern, a small hand-powered tool for grinding spices, coffee, etc.

Descendants

• Turkish: el değirmeni

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “el değirmeni”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1404
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ال دگرمنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 908