Jump to content

متکا

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: متكأ

Mazanderani

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَّكَأ (muttakaʔ, a place where one reclines; pad, bolster, cushion).

Noun

[edit]

متکا (matkâ)

  1. pillow

Persian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَّكَأ (muttakaʔ, a place where one reclines; pad, bolster, cushion), identical to the passive participle of اِتَّكَأَ (ittakaʔa, to lean upon).

Noun

[edit]

متکا (motakâ)

  1. bolster

Further reading

[edit]
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “متکا”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1137a