آرغاج

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • آرغاچ (argaç), آرغج (argac)
  • արղաճ (arğac), արկաճ (argac) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آرغچ (arġaç), from Proto-Turkic *arkag (“woof, weft”), a development of *ar- (“to woof”). Cognate with Azerbaijani arğac and Kazakh арқау (arqau).

Noun

آرغاج • (argac) (definite accusative آرغاجی (argacı), plural آرغاجلر (argaclar))

  1. woof, weft, the set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp
    Synonyms: آتقی (atkı), پود (pud)

Derived terms

  • آرغاجلامق (argaclamak, “to woof”)
  • آرغاجلانمق (argaclanmak, “to have its woof woven”)
  • آرغامق (argamak, “to woof”)
  • ارش (eriş, “warp”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: argaç

Further reading

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