دانته‌ل

Ottoman Turkish

دانته‌ل

Alternative forms

• دانتله (dantele), دانته‌لا (dantela)

Etymology

Borrowed from French dentelle (“lace”), a diminutive of dent (“tooth”).

Noun

دانته‌ل • (dantel) (definite accusative دانته‌لی (danteli), plural دانته‌للر (danteller))

1. lace, a light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread

Derived terms

• دانته‌ل قومق (dantel komak, “to lace”)
• دانته‌للی (dantelli, “laced”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: dantel

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dantel”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1101
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “lace”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 298a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dantel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük