دمیر یولی

Ottoman Turkish

دمیر یولی

Etymology

From دمیر (demir, “iron”) + یول (yol, “way”).

Noun

دمیر یولی • (demir yolu)

railway, a track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel
Synonym: شمندوفر (şimendifer)

Descendants

Turkish: demir yolu

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “demir yolu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1145
Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “railway”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 447b

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