فوركته
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Ottoman Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Greek φουρκέτα (fourkéta, “hairpin”), which derives from Italian forchetta (“fork”).
Noun
[edit]فوركته • (furketa, furkete)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: firkete
Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “firkete”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1598
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فوركته”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 913
- Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “fourketa”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 350
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “firkete”, in Nişanyan Sözlük