مقره

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Ottoman Turkish

مقره

Alternative forms

Etymology

Vulgarized form of earlier بكره (bekre), which was borrowed from Arabic بَكَرَة (bakara, “pulley, block”). For the change of initial consonant /b/ > /m/, compare منتشه (menteşe, “hinge”), منكشه (menekşe, “violet”) and میان (mıyan, “licorice”).

Noun

مقره • (makara)

  1. pulley, block, one of the simple machines consisting of a wheel with a grooved rim
    Synonym: منجور (mencur)
  2. bobbin, a spool or cylinder around which wires, threads, cables, or ropes are coiled
    Synonyms: استاج (istac), ماسوره (masura)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: makara
  • → Albanian: makara
  • → Armenian: մախարա (maxara)
  • → Macedonian: макара (makara)
  • → Romanian: macara

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