طوتاق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tutġak (“anything that holds”),[1] a development of *tut- (“to grasp”), whence طوتمق (tutmak, “to hold, grasp”). Compare the similar formation *tutka (“handle”), found in Bashkir тотҡа (totqa), Kazakh тұтқа (tūtqa), Kyrgyz тутка (tutka), Uyghur تۇتقا (tutqa) and Uzbek tutqa.

Noun

طوتاق • (tutak) (definite accusative طوتاغی (tutağı), plural طوتاقلر (tutaklar))

  1. handle, the part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved
    Synonyms: صاپ (sap), قولپ (kulp)
  2. holder, anything that holds, such as an umbrella-holder, a lampholder, etc.

Descendants

  • Turkish: tutak

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tutğa:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 453

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