kasnak
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Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاصناق (kasnak, “tambour, embroidery hoop”), ultimately from a development of Proto-Turkic *kas- (“to tighten”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]kasnak (definite accusative kasnağı, plural kasnaklar)
- hoop, a circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework
- tambour, embroidery hoop, a circular frame used to keep fabric taut whil working embroidery
- Synonym: gergef
- (architecture) tholobate, drum, tambour, the encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola
- Synonym: tambur
- (architecture) drum, tambour, any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a column
- pulley, sheave, a wheel made of iron in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object
- (wrestling) the waist-length part of the kisbet worn by wrestlers practicing oil wrestling
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kasnak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kasnak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kasnak1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2459
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kasnak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük