پهدال
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French pédale (“pedal”), ultimately from Latin pedālis.
Noun
پهدال • (pedal) (definite accusative پهدالی (pedalı), plural پهداللر (pedallar))
- pedal, a lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism
- Synonym: آیاقلق (ayaklık)
Descendants
- Turkish: pedal
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “pedal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3808
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “pedal”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 395b
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pedal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük