زلوه
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- زاوله (zavla), زوله (zevle)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζεύγλη (zeúglē, “loop attached to the yoke”), which derives from the verb ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to yoke, harness”).
Noun
زلوه • (zelve)
- sort of wooden stick that is placed vertically on both sides of the neck of a draught animal, so it does not come off the yoke
Descendants
- Turkish: zelve
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “zelve”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5451
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “زوله”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 259b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “زلوه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 646
- Meyer, Gustav (1893), “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 59
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “زلوه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1012
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