مكوات
Ottoman Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic مِكْوَاة (mikwāh, literally “branding istrument”).
Noun
[edit]مكوات • (mikvat) (plural مكاوی (makavi))
- branding iron, a piece of metal used to brand livestock when heated
- Synonym: داغلاغی (dağlağı)
Further reading
[edit]- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مكواة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 4870
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مكوات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1960