ستیل

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَطِل (saṭil, “bucket, pail”), from Byzantine Greek σίτλα (sítla, “bucket”), ultimately from Latin situla (“bucket”).

Noun

ستیل • (sitil) (definite accusative ستیلی (sitili), plural ستیللر (sitiller))

  1. large, metal bucket or pail furnished with a handle, with which horses are watered
  2. perfume burner, a vessel made of silver, used for burning perfume in some solid form
  3. kind of basin or similar wide bowl used by barbers to wash their client's face after shaving

Descendants

  • Turkish: sitil
  • → Armenian: սիթիլ (sitʻil), սաթըլ (satʻəl)

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