kereste

Hungarian

Etymology

keres +‎ -te

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛrɛʃtɛ]
• Hyphenation: ke‧res‧te

Verb

kereste

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of keres

   A többieket kereste. ― He/she was looking for the others.

   Valaki kereste önt. ― Somebody was looking for you. (formal)

Participle

kereste

1. verbal participle of keres

   a maga kereste pénz ― the money earned by himself/herself (literally, “the himself/herself-earned money”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كرسته (kereste, “timber; building material”), from Persian كراسته.

Noun

kereste (definite accusative keresteyi, plural keresteler)

1. (woodworking) timber, lumber

Derived terms

• keresteci

Related terms

• kâr

Descendants

• → Romanian: cherestea

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kereste”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرسته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1539