دستك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دستک (dastak, “little hand”), a diminutive of دست (dast, “hand”).

Noun

دستك • (destek) (definite accusative دستكی (desteği), plural دستكلر (destekler))

1. diminutive of دست (dest, “hand”): small or delicate hand, like a child's hand

   Synonym: الجك (elcik)

2. tap, rap, pat, a light blow or strike with a hand producing a clear sound
3. strut, pillar, rib, prop, any beam or rod providing support in a building

   Synonyms: پاینده (payende, payanda), دیرك (direk)

4. (figuratively) supporter, backer, someone who provides support to another

   Synonym: آرقه (arka)

Derived terms

• دستك امرمق (destek urmak, “to put a prop or support”)

Descendants

• Turkish: destek
• → Armenian: տեստեկ (testek)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “destek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1181
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “دستك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 224a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دستك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 572
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دستك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 2078
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “destek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دستك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 902