اوموزلق

Ottoman Turkish

اوموزلق

Etymology

From اوموز (omuz, “shoulder”) +‎ ـلق (-lık, -luk).

Noun

اوموزلق • (omuzluk)

1. shoulder pad, a type of padding used in clothing
2. shoulder-strap, a strap connecting the front and the back of a garment
3. epaulette, an ornamentation worn on the shoulders
4. bow, quarter, the rounded part of a ship

Descendants

• Turkish: omuzluk

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “omuzluk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3616
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوموزلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 204
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوموزلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 271