پاچاوره

Ottoman Turkish
پاچاوره

Alternative forms
  • پاچاورا (paçavra), پچاوره (paçavra)
  • փաչավրա (paçavra) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Greek πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra, “rag, tatter”), itself from Venetian spazzadura (“trash, garbage”).

Noun

پاچاوره • (paçavra)

  1. rag, tatter, a piece of old cloth, generally used for cleaning, patching, etc.
    Synonym: خرقه (hırka)
  2. dishcloth, tea towel, dishtowel, any piece of cloth used to wash or dry dishes

Derived terms
  • سوقاق پاچاوره‌سی (sokak paçavrası, “street urchin”)
  • پاچاوره ایتمك (paçavra itmek, “to botch”)
  • پاچاوره‌جی (paçavracı, “ragman”)
  • یاغلو پاچاوره (yağlı paçavra, “kind of fireball”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: paçavra
  • → Armenian: փաչավռա (pʻačʻavṙa), փաչառվա (pʻačʻaṙva)
  • → Bulgarian: пача́вра (pačávra)
  • → Crimean Tatar: paçavra
  • → Macedonian: пачавра (pačavra)
  • → Romanian: paceaură
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Latin script: pàčāvra
    Cyrillic script: па̀ча̄вра

Further reading
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