دار آغاجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From دار (dar, “tree; gibbet”) + آغاج (ağac, “tree”). Cognate with Azerbaijani dar ağacı.

Noun

دار آغاجی • (dar ağacı)

1. gallows, a wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging

Descendants

• Turkish: darağacı
• → Armenian: տարաղաջ (taraġaǰ), դարաղաջ (daraġaǰ), տարաղաճ (taraġač)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “darağacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1104
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “gallows”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 213a