مقره

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

بكره (bekre), ماقاره (makara), مقاره (makara)

Etymology

Vulgarized form of earlier بكره (bekre), which was borrowed from Arabic بَكَرَة (bakara, “pulley, block”). For the change of initial consonant /b/ > /m/, compare منتشه (menteşe, “hinge”), منكشه (menekşe, “violet”) and میان (mıyan, “licorice”).

Noun

مقره • (makara)

pulley, block, one of the simple machines consisting of a wheel with a grooved rim
Synonym: منجور (mencur)
bobbin, a spool or cylinder around which wires, threads, cables, or ropes are coiled
Synonyms: استاج (istac), ماسوره (masura)

Derived terms

مقره ایپی (makara ipi, “pulley rope”)
مقره دلی (makara dili, “sheave of a block”)
مقره زوانه‌سی (makara zıvanası, “axle of a pulley”)
مقره صپانی (makara sapanı, “strop of a pulley”)
مقره‌جی (makaracı, “maker or seller of pulleys”)
مقره‌لو (makaralı, “furnished with pulleys”)
چاتی مقره (çatı makara, “chevron”)

Descendants

Turkish: makara
→ Albanian: makara
→ Armenian: մախարա (maxara)
→ Macedonian: макара (makara)
→ Romanian: macara

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