مكوات

Ottoman Turkish
مكوات

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِكْوَاة (mikwāh, literally “branding istrument”).

Noun

مكوات • (mikvat) (plural مكاوی (makavi))

  1. branding iron, a piece of metal used to brand livestock when heated
    Synonym: داغلاغی (dağlağı)

Further reading
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مكواة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4870
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مكوات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1960
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