دیرسك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • درسك (dirsek)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tirsgek (“elbow”); cognate with Azerbaijani dirsək, Bashkir терһәк (terhək), Kazakh тірсек (tırsek), Kyrgyz тирсек (tirsek), Turkmen tirsek and Uzbek tirsak.

Noun

دیرسك • (dirsek) (definite accusative دیرسكی (dirseği), plural دیرسكلر (dirsekler))

  1. elbow, the region between the upper arm and the forearm that surrounds the elbow joint
    Synonyms: آرنج (arenc), مرفق (mirfak), وارن (varen)
  2. elbow, any turn or bend like that of the elbow, such as in a wall, building, coastline, etc.

Derived terms

  • ایت دیرسكی (it dirseği, “stye on the eyelid”)
  • دیرسكلو (dirsekli, “bent like an elbow”)
  • دیرسكه طیانمق (dirseğe dayanmak, “to lean on one's elbow”)
  • كرسته دیرسكی (kereste dirseği, “bend of a beam”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: dirsek
  • → Armenian: տիրսէկ (tirsēk), թիսէք (tʻisēkʻ)

Further reading

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