forka

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian furca and/or Italian forca, both from Latin furca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.ka/

Noun

forka f (plural forok)

  1. gallows, gibbet

Turkish

Alternative forms
  • furka

Etymology

Borrowed from Laz ჶორკა (forǩa).

Noun

forka (Rize, Artvin)

  1. dress

References
  • Öztürk, Özhan (2005) “forka”, in Karadeniz: Ansiklopedik Sözlük [Black Sea: Encyclopaedic Dictionary]‎ (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 393a
  • Salman, Fikri (2007) “Günümüzde Rize ve civarında görülen geleneksel giysiler [Traditional clothes of Rize and its environment]”, in Güzel Sanatlar Enstitüsü Dergisi‎ (in Turkish), volume 19, Erzurum, page 186 of 177–202
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.