بالدراق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بالدیراق (baldırak)

Etymology

From بالدر (baldır, “calf of the leg”) +‎ ـاق (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix).

Noun

بالدراق • (baldırak)

1. the lower part of trousers that cover the legs from the knee to the instep
2. gaiter, a covering cloth or leather for the leg from the knee to the instep

Descendants

• Turkish: baldırak

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “baldırak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 450
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالدیراق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 246
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالدراق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 334