فوركته

Ottoman Turkish

فوركته

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek φουρκέτα (fourkéta, “hairpin”), which derives from Italian forchetta (“fork”).

Noun

فوركته • (furketa, furkete)

1. hairpin, a pin or fastener for the hair

Descendants

• Turkish: firkete

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “firkete”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1598
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فوركته”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 913
• Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “fourketa”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 350
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “firkete”, in Nişanyan Sözlük