مقره

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بكره (bekre), ماقاره (makara), مقاره (makara)

Etymology

Vulgarized form of earlier بكره (bekre), which was borrowed from Arabic بَكَرَة (bakara, “pulley, block”). For the change of initial consonant /b/ > /m/, compare منتشه (menteşe, “hinge”), منكشه (menekşe, “violet”) and میان (mıyan, “licorice”).

Noun

مقره • (makara) (definite accusative مقره‌یی (makarayı), plural مقره‌لر (makaralar))

  1. pulley, block, one of the simple machines consisting of a wheel with a grooved rim
    Synonym: منجور (mencur)
  2. bobbin, a spool or cylinder around which wires, threads, cables, or ropes are coiled
    Synonyms: استاج (istac), بوبین (bobin), ماسوره (masura)

Derived terms

  • مقره ایپی (makara ipi, “pulley rope”)
  • مقره دلی (makara dili, “sheave of a block”)
  • مقره زوانه‌سی (makara zıvanası, “axle of a pulley”)
  • مقره صپانی (makara sapanı, “strop of a pulley”)
  • مقره كبی جرلامق (makara gibi cırlamak, “to chat”, literally “to squeak like a pulley”)
  • مقره‌جی (makaracı, “maker or seller of pulleys”)
  • مقره‌لو (makaralı, “furnished with pulleys”)
  • چاتی مقره (çatı makara, “chevron”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: makara
  • → Albanian: makara
  • → Armenian: մախարա (maxara)
  • → Cypriot Arabic: mpakara
  • → Macedonian: макара (makara)
  • → Romanian: macara

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