ماناوله

Ottoman Turkish

ماناوله

Alternative forms

مانله (manela)

Etymology

From Italian manovella (“handle; crank”).

Noun

ماناوله • (manavela)

handspike, a bar or lever used in a windlass or capstan for various purposes
Holonym: ارغات (ırgat)

Descendants

Turkish: manivela
→ Armenian: մանէլա (manēla)

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماناوله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663

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