زلوه

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ζεύγλη (zeúglē, loop attached to the yoke), which derives from the verb ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, to yoke, harness).

Noun

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زلوه (zelve)

  1. sort of wooden stick that is placed vertically on both sides of the neck of a draught animal, so it does not come off the yoke

Descendants

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  • Turkish: zelve, zevle, zivle, zilve

Further reading

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  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zelve”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5451
  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “زوله”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 259b
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زلوه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 646
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 59
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زلوه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1012