چوالدوز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جُوَال دُوز (juwāl dūz, packing needle), from جُوَال (juwāl, sack) + دُوز (dūz, sewing needle).

Noun

چوالدوز • (çuvalduz, çuvaldız, çıvaldız)

  1. packing needle, a large needle used in sewing up canvas packages or sacks

Descendants

  • Turkish: çuvaldız
  • Armenian: չուվալտըզ (čʻuvaltəz)
  • Laz: ჭუვალიტუზი (ç̌uvaliťuzi)
  • Serbo-Croatian: čuvalduz

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