پرانقه

Ottoman Turkish

پرانقه

Alternative forms

  • پرانغه (pranga)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian branca (claw, talon; branch).

Noun

پرانقه • (pranka)

  1. chain and log fastened to a culprit's leg, a kind of wooden fetter or leg irons
    Synonym: طومروق (tomruk)
  2. penitentiary, penal colony, a prison where inmates are forced to labour
  3. (by extension) forced labor, work which one is compelled to perform against one's will

Descendants

  • Turkish: pranga
  • Albanian: pranga
  • Armenian: փըռանկա (pʻəṙanka) Constantinople

Further reading

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