nalça

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish نعلچه (nalça), from Persian نعلچه (na'lče), Persian diminutive of Arabic نَعْل (naʕl, “horseshoe”).

Noun[edit]

nalça (definite accusative nalçayı, plural nalçalar)

  1. steel-toe boot

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نعلچه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1280
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nalça”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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