كركف

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian کارْگاه (kârgâh, “workshop”).

Noun

گركف • (gerkef)

  1. tambour, embroidery hoop, a circular frame for embroidery
    Synonym: قاصناق (kasnak)
    քէրկէֆ իշի ― kergef işi ― embroidery
    քէրկէֆ իշլէյէն ― kergef işleyen ― an embroiderer
    քէրկէֆ իշլէմէք ― kergef işlemek ― to embroider

Derived terms

  • گركف ایشی (gerkef işi, “embroidery worked on a frame”)
  • گركف قولی (gerkef kolu, “stretcher of an embroidery frame”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: gergef — dialectal
  • → Albanian: gjergjef
  • → Armenian: քերկեֆ (kʻerkef)
  • → Bulgarian: герге́ф (gergéf)
  • → Greek: γκεργκέφι (gkergkéfi)
  • → Macedonian: ѓерѓеф (ǵerǵef)
  • → Romanian: gherghef
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ђѐрђеф
    Latin script: đèrđef

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