كوستك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Unknown. According to Nishanyan, possibly from an unattested Persian word which derives from the verb (kustan, “to beat”). Compare also Old Turkic (kösrük, “hobble, fetter”).

Noun

كوستك • (köstek)

hobble, tether, fetter, any kind of rope or chain used to prevent animals from escaping
Synonym: بوقاغی (bukağı)
(nautical) lanyard, a short rope used for fastening rigging, as a handle, etc.
(by extension) watchchain, a short chain attached to a watch

Derived terms

آت كوستكی (at kösteği, “horse's tether or hobble”)
عربه كوستكی (ʿaraba kösteği, “lock-chain to the wheel of a coach”)
قلج كوستكی (kılıc kösteği, “guard-cord to a sword”)
كوستك طاقمق (köstek takmak, “to put a guard to a thing”)
كوستكلمك (kösteklemek, “to tether of hobble a horse”)
كوستكلنمك (kösteklenmek, “to be tethered or hobbled”)
كوستكلو (köstekli, “secured with a hobble or tether”)

Descendants

Turkish: köstek
→ Albanian: qostek
→ Armenian: (Constantinople) քէօստէկ (kʻēōstēk), (Van) ք^յօ̈ստա̈կ (kʻ^yöstäk)
→ Bulgarian: кьосте́к (kjosték), кюсте́к (kjusték)
→ Egyptian Arabic: (ustēk, qustēk, kustēk)
→ Greek: κιοστέκι (kiostéki), κιστέκι (kistéki), γκιοστέκι (gkiostéki)
→ Georgian: ქოსტეგი (kosṭegi) — Chveneburi
→ Macedonian: ќостек (ḱostek)
→ Northern Kurdish: k’ostek’ — Moks
→ Romanian: chiostec
→ Serbo-Croatian: ćùstek, ћу̀стек

كوستك

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