پشتخته

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • փէշթախթա (peştahta), փիշթախթէ (piştahte) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیشْتَخْتَه (pēštaxta).

Noun

پشتخته • (peştahta) (definite accusative پشتخته‌یی (peştahtayı), plural پشتخته‌لر (peştahtalar))

  1. counter, a table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted
  2. mantelshelf, mantelpiece, a wooden or marble shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace

Descendants

  • Turkish: peştahta
  • → Albanian: peshtaf
  • → Armenian: փեշթախթա (pʻeštʻaxtʻa)
  • → Georgian: ფიშტახტი (pišṭaxṭi)
  • → Greek: μπεζαχτάς (bezachtás)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: pèštahta, пѐштахта

Further reading

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