sedye

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سدیه (sedye, “sedan chair; litter, stretcher”), from Italian sedia (“chair”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsed.je/
• Hyphenation: sed‧ye

sedye (definite accusative sedyeyi, plural sedyeler)

1. litter, stretcher, a mobile bed or couch transported upon human shoulders or animal backs

   Synonym: teskere

2. (historical) sedan chair, a type of chair raised on poles and carried by people or animals

• “sedye”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “sedye”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sedye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4116
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sedye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük