كوستك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Unknown. According to Nishanyan, possibly from an unattested Persian word which derives from the verb کستن (kustan, “to beat”). Compare also Old Turkic [script needed] (kösrük, “hobble, fetter”).

Noun

كوستك • (köstek) (definite accusative كوستكی (kösteği), plural كوستكلر (köstekler))

  1. hobble, tether, fetter, shackle, any kind of rope or chain used to prevent animals from escaping
    Synonym: بوقاغی (bukağı)
  2. lanyard, a cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object

Derived terms

  • آت كوستكی (at kösteği, “horse's tether or hobble”)
  • ایستك كوستك (istek köstek, “desire is a fetter”)
  • ساعت كوستكی (saʼat kösteği, “watchchain”)
  • شیطان كوستكی (şeytan kösteği, “double fetter for a horse”)
  • عربه كوستكی (ʼaraba kösteği, “lock-chain to the wheel of a coach”)
  • قلج كوستكی (kılıc kösteği, “guard-cord to a sword”)
  • كوستك طاقمق (köstek takmak, “to put a guard to a thing”)
  • كوستك كسمك (köstek kesmek, “to break loose”, literally “to cut the tether”)
  • كوستكلمك (kösteklemek, “to hobble, tether, fetter”)
  • كوستكلنمك (kösteklenmek, “to be tethered or hobbled”)
  • كوستكلو (köstekli, “secured with a hobble or tether”)
  • كوپه كوستكی (küpe kösteği, “guard to an earring”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: köstek
  • → Albanian: qostek
  • → Armenian: (Constantinople) քէօստէկ (kʻēōstēk), (Van) քյօ̈ստա̈կ (kʻyöstäk)
  • → Bulgarian: кьосте́к (kjosték), кюсте́к (kjusték)
  • → Egyptian Arabic: [script needed] (ustēk, qustēk, kustēk)
  • → Greek: κιοστέκι (kiostéki), κιστέκι (kistéki), γκιοστέκι (gkiostéki)
  • → Georgian: ქოსტეგი (kosṭegi) — Chveneburi
  • → Macedonian: ќостек (ḱostek)
  • → Northern Kurdish: k’ostek’ — Moks
  • → Romanian: chiostec
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ćùstek, ћу̀стек

Further reading

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