arkalık
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish آرقهلق (arkalık), analyzable as from arka (“back”) + -lık.
Noun[edit]
arkalık (definite accusative arkalığı, plural arkalıklar)
- backrest, the back piece of a chair, armchair or sofa
- device for keeping pillows upright in a hospital bed
- arkhalig, a long, tight-waist jacket worn in Caucasus and Iran
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “arkalık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 293