dülek
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish دولك (dülek, “small or stunted melon; nave”), itself from Proto-Turkic *tüglek.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: dü‧lek
Noun
[edit]dülek (definite accusative düleği, plural dülekler)
- small or unripe melon or watermelon
- nave, the hub of a wheel
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dülek2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1323