كستل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian [Term?].

Noun

كستل • (küstel) (definite accusative كستلی (küsteli), plural كستللر (küsteller))

1. dung beetle, dor, any of various beetles known for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers

   Synonyms: بوق بوجكی (bok böceği), خنفسا (hunfesâ)

Descendants

• Turkish: küstel

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “küstel”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2909
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “küstel”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 641
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كستل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1547

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

كستل • (kestel) (definite accusative كستلی (kesteli), plural كستللر (kesteller))

1. Alternative spelling of قسطل (kastel, “castle, fortress, stronghold”)

Further reading

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• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كستل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1547