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)

  1. 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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