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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian چلته (čelte).
Noun
شلته • (şilte)
- thin mattress spread upon a thicker mattress for softness
- thin quilt spread on a sofa as a soft seat
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şilte1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4484
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شلته”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 732
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şilte”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شلته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1134