بچقیخانه

Ottoman Turkish

بچقیخانه

Etymology

A compound of بچقی (bıçkı, “saw”) +‎ خانه (hâne, “place”).

Noun

بچقیخانه • (bıçkıhane)

sawmill, a building in which logs are cut to make lumber

Descendants

Turkish: bıçkıhane

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bıçkıhane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 583
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بچقیخانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 300

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