اوستلك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اوست (üst, “top”) +‎ ـلك (-lik, luk, “-ness”).

Noun

اوستلك • (üstlük)

1. the quality of being uppermost, the state of being at the top
2. anything that is uppermost, such as a lid, a coat, a veil, or a muffler

Derived terms

• اوستلكلو (üstlüklü, “possessed of a lid, veil or coat”)

Descendants

• Turkish: üstlük

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “üstlük1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5061
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوستلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 253