فتیل

See also: فتيل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَتِيل (fatīl, “fuse, wick”).

Noun

فتیل • (fitil) (plural فتایل)

  1. wick, especially a candlewick
    Synonyms: چراغ (çirag), سراج (sirac)
  2. seton, silk threads which induce suppuration
  3. fuse, a match of some combustible material
  4. any loosely twisted cord

Derived terms

  • فتیللو (fitilli, “provided with a wick or fuse”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: fitil
  • → Albanian: fitil
  • → Armenian: ֆիթիլ (fitʻil), ֆթիլ (ftʻil)
  • → Bulgarian: фити́л m (fitíl)
  • → Georgian: ფითილი n (pitili)
  • → Greek: φιτίλι n (fitíli), φυτίλι (fytíli)
  • → Macedonian: фитил m (fitil)
  • → Romanian: fitil n
  • → Russian: фити́ль m (fitílʹ)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: фѝтӣљ m / fìtīlj m

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