بالدراق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

بالدیراق (baldırak)

Etymology

From بالدر (baldır, “calf of the leg”) +‎ ـاق (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix).

Noun

بالدراق • (baldırak)

the lower part of trousers that cover the legs from the knee to the instep
gaiter, a covering cloth or leather for the leg from the knee to the instep

Descendants

Turkish: baldırak

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “baldırak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 450
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بالدیراق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 246
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بالدراق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 334

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