شلته

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian (čelte).

Noun

شلته • (şilte)

thin mattress spread upon a thicker mattress for softness
thin quilt spread on a sofa as a soft seat

Descendants

Turkish: şilte
→ Armenian: շիլթե (šiltʻe), շլթա (šltʻa)
→ Egyptian Arabic: شَلْتَة
→ Greek: σιλτής (siltís)
- → Romanian: saltea

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şilte1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4484
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شلته”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 732
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şilte”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شلته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1134

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