چرچوه‌لمك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• چرچیوه‌لمك (çerçivelemek)

Etymology

From چرچوه (çerçeve, “frame”) +‎ ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

چرچوه‌لمك • (çerçevelemek)

1. (transitive) to frame, to add a decorative border to a painting or picture

Descendants

• Turkish: çerçevelemek

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çerçevelemek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 936
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “to frame”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 205b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چرچوه‌لمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 717