گركف

Ottoman Turkish

گركف

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian کارْگاه (kârgâh, workshop).

Noun

گركف • (gerkef)

  1. tambour, embroidery hoop, a circular frame for embroidery
    Synonym: قاصناق (kasnak)
    քէրկէֆ իշիkergef işiembroidery
    քէրկէֆ իշլէյէնkergef işleyenan embroiderer
    քէրկէֆ իշլէմէքkergef işlemekto embroider

Derived terms

  • گركف ایشی (gerkef işi, embroidery worked on a frame)
  • گركف قولی (gerkef kolu, stretcher of an embroidery frame)

Descendants

  • Turkish: gergef dialectal
  • Albanian: gjergjef
  • Armenian: քերկեֆ (kʻerkef)
  • Bulgarian: герге́ф (gergéf)
  • Greek: γκεργκέφι (gkergkéfi)
  • Macedonian: ѓерѓеф (ǵerǵef)
  • Romanian: gherghef
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ђѐрђеф
    Latin script: đèrđef

Further reading

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “گركف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1021
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “گركف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1539
  • Sōmalean, Sukʻias (1843) “քէրկէֆ”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkerenē yangġiakan ew i hay barbaṙ [A Pocket Dictionary of the Turkish, English and Armenian Languages], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 195
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