tirfon

Turkish

Etymology

From French tire-fond. Nişanyan dates the word to 1934; the quotation below shows it was in use by the start of 1931.

Noun

tirfon (definite accusative tirfonu, plural tirfonlar)

1. screw, wood screw
   • 1931 January 1, “Tütün inhisarı umumî Müdürlüğünden [From the office of the general director of the tobacco monopoly]”, in Son Posta, page 8:

     1 - Müstamel elektrik bataryası ve teferruatı:
     175 kilo Tirfon
     70 " Perçin çivi […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tirfon”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4834
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tirfon”, in Nişanyan Sözlük