arkalık
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish آرقهلق (arkalık), analyzable as from arka (“back”) + -lık.
Noun
[edit]arkalık (definite accusative arkalığı, plural arkalıklar)
- backrest, the back piece of a chair, armchair or sofa
- device for keeping pillows upright in a hospital bed
- arkhalig, a long, tight-waist jacket worn in Caucasus and Iran
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “arkalık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 293