levha
Turkish
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) lâvha
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish لوحه (levha), itself from Arabic لَوْحَة (lawḥa, “plank, board, blackboard”).
Noun
levha (definite accusative levhayı, plural levhalar)
- inscription hung on a wall, signboard
- Synonym: safiha
- painting, picture
- large metal plate made of lead, zinc or other material
- roughly sawn timber used in carpentry
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | levha | levhalar |
definite accusative | levhayı | levhaları |
dative | levhaya | levhalara |
locative | levhada | levhalarda |
ablative | levhadan | levhalardan |
genitive | levhanın | levhaların |
Derived terms
- levhacı
- levhacık
- levhamsı
- levhateyn
- serlevha
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “levha”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2959
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “levha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük