zemberek

Turkish

Zemberek

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زنبرك (zenberek, “crossbow; spring”), itself from Persian زنبورک (zanburak).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: zem‧be‧rek

Noun

zemberek (definite accusative zembereği, plural zemberekler)

1. coil spring, a mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material
2. spring latch, a latch that snaps into the keeper whenever the door is shut

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	zemberek
Definite accusative	zembereği
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zemberek	zemberekler
Definite accusative	zembereği	zemberekleri
Dative	zembereğe	zembereklere
Locative	zemberekte	zembereklerde
Ablative	zemberekten	zembereklerden
Genitive	zembereğin	zembereklerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular zembereğim zembereklerim 2nd singular zembereğin zembereklerin 3rd singular zembereği zemberekleri 1st plural zembereğimiz zembereklerimiz 2nd plural zembereğiniz zemberekleriniz 3rd plural zemberekleri zemberekleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular zembereğimi zembereklerimi 2nd singular zembereğini zembereklerini 3rd singular zembereğini zembereklerini 1st plural zembereğimizi zembereklerimizi 2nd plural zembereğinizi zembereklerinizi 3rd plural zembereklerini zembereklerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular zembereğime zembereklerime 2nd singular zembereğine zembereklerine 3rd singular zembereğine zembereklerine 1st plural zembereğimize zembereklerimize 2nd plural zembereğinize zembereklerinize 3rd plural zembereklerine zembereklerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular zembereğimde zembereklerimde 2nd singular zembereğinde zembereklerinde 3rd singular zembereğinde zembereklerinde 1st plural zembereğimizde zembereklerimizde 2nd plural zembereğinizde zembereklerinizde 3rd plural zembereklerinde zembereklerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular zembereğimden zembereklerimden 2nd singular zembereğinden zembereklerinden 3rd singular zembereğinden zembereklerinden 1st plural zembereğimizden zembereklerimizden 2nd plural zembereğinizden zembereklerinizden 3rd plural zembereklerinden zembereklerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular zembereğimin zembereklerimin 2nd singular zembereğinin zembereklerinin 3rd singular zembereğinin zembereklerinin 1st plural zembereğimizin zembereklerimizin 2nd plural zembereğinizin zembereklerinizin 3rd plural zembereklerinin zembereklerinin

Derived terms

• zemberekçi
• zemberekli

 

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zemberek1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5451
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zemberek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük