لورطه

Ottoman Turkish

لورطه‌لر

Etymology

Unknown. In several dictionaries it is stated that this word is of Italian origin, even though the precise derivation is still unclear.

Noun

لورطه • (lorta)

1. last, a tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes

Descendants

• Turkish: lorta

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lorta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2980
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لورطه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1083
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lorta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لورطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1643