قولتق دكنكی

Ottoman Turkish

قولتق دگنگی

Etymology

From قولتق (koltuk, “armpit”) + دگنك (değenek, “stick, staff, wand”).

Noun

قولتق دگنگی • (koltuk değeneği)

1. crutch, a device to assist in motion as a cane

Descendants

• Turkish: koltuk değneği

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “koltuk değneği”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2722
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قولتق دكنكی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 377a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قولتق دكنكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 577
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قولتق دكنكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 910