منتشه

Ottoman Turkish

منتشه

Alternative forms

• منتشا (menteşe)

Etymology

Vulgarization of Persian بندگشا (bandgošâ), a compound of بند (band, “tie, joint, ligament”) and گشادن (gošâdan, “to open”).

Noun

منتشه • (menteşe)

1. hinge, jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door

   Synonym: رزه (reze)

Derived terms

• منتشه‌لی (menteşeli, “hinged, furnished with hinges”)

Descendants

• Turkish: menteşe
• → Armenian: մենթեշե (mentʻeše), մա̈նթա̈շա̈ (mäntʻäšä)
• → Greek: μεντεσές (mentesés)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “menteşe1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3143
• Eren, Hasan (1999) “menteşe”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 292a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “منتشه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1229
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “menteşe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “منتشه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1992