филтә

Bashkir

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian فتیله with metathesis, from Arabic فَتِيلَة (fatīla).

Compare with Kazakh білте (bılte), Southern Altai мылта (mïlta), мулта (multa) Crimean Tatar melte, Kumyk мелте (melte, wick), Uzbek pilta (wick), Uyghur پىلتە (pilte, wick); also Tajik пилта (pilta, wick).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʲil.ˈtæ]
  • Hyphenation: фил‧тә

Noun

филтә • (filtə)

  1. wick, the cord in a candle or oil lamp
  2. fuse, the cord that conveys fire to some explosive devise
    Бомба филтәһен берәй мәл тоҡандырғанығыҙ булдымы?
    Bomba filtəhen berəy məl toqandırğanığıź buldımı?
    Have you ever lighted a bomb fuse?

Declension

Tatar

Noun

филтә • (filtä)

  1. wick.
  2. fuse.
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