په‌دال

Ottoman Turkish

په‌دال

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédale (“pedal”), ultimately from Latin pedālis.

Noun

په‌دال • (pedal) (definite accusative په‌دالی (pedalı), plural په‌داللر (pedallar))

1. pedal, a lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism

   Synonym: آیاقلق (ayaklık)

Descendants

• Turkish: pedal

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “pedal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3808
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “pedal”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 395b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pedal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük