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Mazanderani
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُتَّكَأ (muttakaʔ, “a place where one reclines; pad, bolster, cushion”).
Noun
متکا (matkâ)
- pillow
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُتَّكَأ (muttakaʔ, “a place where one reclines; pad, bolster, cushion”), identical to the passive participle of اِتَّكَأَ (ittakaʔa, “to lean upon”).
Noun
متکا • (motakâ)
- bolster
Further reading
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “متکا”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1137a