قراغی

Ottoman Turkish

قراغی

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kiāragu (“kind of tool”), from *kiār- (“to mix”), the same root of قارمق (karmak, “to mix, meddle”).

Noun

قراغی • (karağı)

1. poker, stoker, a curved, metal rod used for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire
2. kind of long pole with a hooked end used to bend branches in order to pick their fruits

Descendants

• Turkish: karağı

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “karağı2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2417
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قراغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 951
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “karağı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

Noun

قراغی • (kırağı)

1. Alternative spelling of قراغو (kırağu, kırağı, “hoar frost”)

Further reading

• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قراغی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[2], Vienna: F. Beck, page 359b
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قراغی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 3658
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قراغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 144r