ایكنه یاصدغی

Ottoman Turkish

ایكنه یاصدغی

Etymology

From ایكنه (iğne, “needle, pin”) + یاصدق (yasdık, “pillow, cushion”).

Noun

ایكنه یاصدغی • (iğne yasdığı)

1. pincushion, a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely

Descendants

• Turkish: iğne yastığı

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “iğne yastığı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2105
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “pincushion”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 406b