hecirget

Turkish

Alternative forms

• haçirdek
• haçırdek
• hacırget
• haçırget
• haçırget
• haçırkat
• haticek
• hatircek
• hatırcek
• heçirdek
• hedirgeç
• heldirgeç
• helgirdeç
• hetircek

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian խաչերկաթ (xačʻerkatʻ).

Noun

hecirget

1. (dialectal) trivet, a cruciform iron tripod placed over a tandoor for a cooking pot or kettle to stand on

Synonyms

• sacayağı

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երկաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 57–58
• “hecirget”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982