ال دگرمنی
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Etymology
[edit]From ال (el, “hand”) + دگرمن (değirmen, “mill”).
Noun
[edit]- handmill, quern, a small hand-powered tool for grinding spices, coffee, etc.
- Synonym: یارغوچاق (yarguçak)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: el değirmeni
Further reading
[edit]- 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