nalça

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نعلچه (nalça), from Persian نعلچه (na'lče), Persian diminutive of Arabic نَعْل (naʕl, “horseshoe”).

Noun

nalça (definite accusative nalçayı, plural nalçalar)

1. steel-toe boot

Derived terms

• nalçalı

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نعلچه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1280
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nalça”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN