مسینه
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian Messina (“a city in Sicily”).
Proper noun[edit]
مسینه • (Mesine)
Noun[edit]
مسینه • (mesine)
- gut, the sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon
- (by extension) fishing line, a cord or line where the hook or lure is attached
- Synonym: اولته (olta)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: misina
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “misina”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3238
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “misina”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مسینه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1861