levha
Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (obsolete) lâvha
Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish لوحه (levha), itself from Arabic لَوْحَة (lawḥa, “plank, board, blackboard”).
Noun
[edit]levha (definite accusative levhayı, plural levhalar)
- inscription hung on a wall, signboard
- Synonym: safiha
- painting, picture
- large metal plate made of lead, zinc or other material
- roughly sawn timber used in carpentry
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | levha | levhalar |
| definite accusative | levhayı | levhaları |
| dative | levhaya | levhalara |
| locative | levhada | levhalarda |
| ablative | levhadan | levhalardan |
| genitive | levhanın | levhaların |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “levha”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2959
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “levha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük