دستك
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian دستک (dastak, “little hand”).
Noun[edit]
دستك • (destek)
- little hand or arm
- stick or beam used as a prop
- Synonym: دیرك (direk)
- (figuratively) supporter, backer
Derived terms[edit]
- دستك امرمق (destek örmek, “to put a prop or support”)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “destek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1181
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دستك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 572
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دستك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, column 2078
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “destek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دستك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 902