كوشه طاشی

Ottoman Turkish

كوشه طاشی

Etymology

From كوشه (köşe, “angle, corner”) + طاش (taş, “stone”).

Noun

كوشه طاشی • (köşe taşı)

cornerstone, a stone forming the base at the corner of a building

Descendants

Turkish: köşe taşı

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “köşe taşı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2801
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوشه طاشی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1055
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوشه طاشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1596

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