مكوات

Ottoman Turkish

مكوات

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِكْوَاة‎ (mikwāh, literally “branding istrument”).

Noun

مكوات • (mikvat) (plural مكاوی‎ (makavi))

branding iron, a piece of metal used to brand livestock when heated
Synonym: داغلاغی‎ (dağlağı)

Further reading

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مكواة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4870
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مكوات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1960

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