truakar

Turkish

Etymology

From French trois quarts, literally three quarters, referring to the length.

Noun

truakar (definite accusative truakarı, plural truakarlar)

1. a short coat for women
   • 1937 November 5, advertisement in Cumhuriyet, page 12:

     Kadın / Muşambaları / Fantezi kumaştan son moda / truakar 1450 Kuruş

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “truakar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN