سیمكش
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سیمکش (sīm-kaš, “wire-drawer”), from سیم (sim, “silver”).
Noun
سیمكش • (simkeş) (definite accusative سیمكشی (simkeşi), plural سیمكشلر (simkeşler))
- wire-drawer, a craftsman who produces silver wires or threads from a rolling mill
Derived terms
- سیمكشخانه (simkeşhâne, “manufactory of silver wire”)
Descendants
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “سیم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 124
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “simkeş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4246
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “simkeş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1143
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سیمكش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 710
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سیمكش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1103