ایكنه یاصدغی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From ایكنه (iğne, “needle, pin”) + یاصدق (yasdık, “pillow, cushion”).
Noun
- pincushion, a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely
Descendants
- Turkish: iğne yastığı
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “iğne yastığı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2105
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “pincushion”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 406b