طرتیل

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • طرتل (tırtıl), طرطر (tırtır), طرطل (tırtıl), طرطیل (tırtıl)

Etymology

A dissimilation from earlier طرطر (tırtır), itself from Armenian թրթուր (tʻrtʻur, “caterpillar, grub”).

Noun

طرتیل • (tırtıl) (definite accusative طرتیلی (tırtılı), plural طرتیللر (tırtıllar))

  1. caterpillar, leafworm, the larva of a butterfly or moth
    Synonym: سرفه (sürfe)
  2. chenille, a soft and bunchy fabric used to make sweaters

Derived terms

  • طرتیل آلاتی (tırtıl alatı, “jagging iron”)
  • طرتیل اوتی (tırtıl otu, “scorpion's tail”)
  • طرتیل بقلوا (tırtıl baklava, “chain of rhomboidal links on the outer edge of coins”)
  • طرتیل یواسی (tırtıl yuvası, “caterpillar nest”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tırtıl, tırtır, turtar, tıltar, tırtor, turtur, tortor (dialectal)
  • → Albanian: tërtër
  • → Armenian: թըրթըր (tʻərtʻər) — Aslanbeg, Constantinople
  • → Northern Kurdish: tirtûl, tertûr, turtûr, tertûl, tirtire, tirtirk, tirtirîk
  • → Romanian: tertel
  • → Zazaki: tertul, tirtul, tertur, tertul, tirtir, tertûr, teltur, tentur

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