اوقلاغی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *oklagu (rolling pin); cognate with Bashkir уҡлау (uqlaw), Karakhanid [script needed] (oqlağu), Kazakh оқтау (oqtau), Tatar уклау (uqlaw) and Uzbek oʻqlov.

Noun

اوقلاغی • (oklağı) (definite accusative اوقلاغیی (oklağıyı), plural اوقلاغیلر (oklağılar))

  1. rolling pin, a cylinder with a handle at each end used to flatten dough
    Synonyms: مردانه (merdane), مرقاق (mirkak)

Derived terms

  • بوركجی اوقلاغیسی (börekci oklağısı, pastrymaker's rolling pin)

Descendants

  • Turkish: oklava
  • Albanian: okllai
  • Armenian: օխլավու (ōxlavu), օխլավ (ōxlav), օխլով (ōxlov)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: окла̀гија
    Latin script: oklàgija

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