طرابزان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian داربزین (dârabzin).

Noun

طرابزان • (tarabizan)

1. handrail, a rail on which the hand can be placed

   Synonym: پرمقلق (“parmaklık”)

2. rail at the outer end of a fixed sofa, balustrade

Descendants

• Turkish: tırabzan
• → Hijazi Arabic: دربزين (darabzīn)
• → Egyptian Arabic: دربزين (darabzīn)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tırabzan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4810
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طرابزان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 801
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طرابزان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1234