كوستك

Ottoman Turkish

كوستك

Etymology

Borrowed from an unattested Persian word which derives from the verb (kustan, “to beat”).

Noun

كوستك • (köstek)

hobble, tether, fetter, any kind of rope or chain used to prevent animals from escaping
Synonym: بوقاغی (bukağı)
(nautical) lanyard, a short rope used for fastening rigging, as a handle, etc.
(by extension) watchchain, a short chain attached to a watch

Derived terms

آت كوستكی (at kösteği, “horse's tether or hobble”)
عربه كوستكی (ʿaraba kösteği, “lock-chain to the wheel of a coach”)
قلج كوستكی (kılıc kösteği, “guard-cord to a sword”)
كوستك طاقمق (köstek takmak, “to put a guard to a thing”)
كوستكلمك (kösteklemek, “to tether of hobble a horse”)
كوستكلنمك (kösteklenmek, “to be tethered or hobbled”)
كوستكلو (köstekli, “secured with a hobble or tether”)

Descendants

Turkish: köstek
→ Albanian: qostek
→ Armenian: (Constantinople) քէօստէկ (kʻēōstēk), (Van) ք^յօ̈ստա̈կ (kʻ^yöstäk)
→ Bulgarian: кьосте́к (kjosték), кюсте́к (kjusték)
→ Egyptian Arabic: [script needed] (ustēk, qustēk, kustēk)
→ Greek: κιοστέκι (kiostéki), κιστέκι (kistéki), γκιοστέκι (gkiostéki)
→ Georgian: ქოსტეგი (kosṭegi) — Chveneburi
→ Macedonian: ќостек (ḱostek)
→ Northern Kurdish: k’ostek’ — Moks
→ Romanian: chiostec
→ Serbo-Croatian: ćùstek, ћу̀стек

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “köstek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2799
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كوستك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 402a
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوستك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1054
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Compes”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 219
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كوستك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4077
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “köstek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوستك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1595

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