چاماشیر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a combination of Persian جامه (jâme, “garment”) + شور (šur), present stem of the verb شستن (šostan, “to wash”).

Noun

چاماشیر • (çamaşır) (definite accusative چاماشیری (çamaşırı), plural چاماشیرلر (çamaşırlar))

  1. underwear, undergarment, underclothes, any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin
    Synonym: ایچ البسه‌سی (iç elbisesi)
  2. linen, domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, or towels, etc., that are made of linen or similar fabrics
  3. laundry, laundering, the washing of clothing and other textiles and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well

Derived terms

  • بر قات چاماشیر (bir kat çamaşır, “a change of linen”)
  • چاماشیر آغاسی (çamaşır ağası, “the keeper of linen”)
  • چاماشیر اوستا (çamaşır usta, “the mistress of linen”)
  • چاماشیر ایتمك (çamaşır etmek, “to do the laundry”)
  • چاماشیر تكنه‌سی (çamaşır teknesi, “washtub”)
  • چاماشیر دكشترمك (çamaşır değiştirmek, “to change one's linen”)
  • چاماشیر طاقمی (çamaşır takımı, “underwear set”)
  • چاماشیر طوقماغی (çamaşır tokmağı, “fuller's beetle”)
  • چاماشیر طولابی (çamaşır dolabı, “linen press”)
  • چاماشیر منكنه‌سی (çamaşır mengenesi, “mangle”)
  • چاماشیر ییقامق (çamaşır yıkamak, “to do the laundry”)
  • چاماشیرجی (çamaşırcı, “washerman”)
  • چاماشیرخانه (çamaşırhâne, “laundry”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çamaşır
  • → Armenian: չամաշըր (čʻamašər), չամաշուր (čʻamašur)

Further reading

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “çamaşır”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “چاماشیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 571
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çamaşır”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 875
  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “چاماشیر”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 177b
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاماشیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 464
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lotor”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎[3], Vienna, column 974
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “چاماشیر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎[4], Vienna, column 1561
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çamaşır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاماشیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 710
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