اوتو

Ottoman Turkish

اوتو

Alternative forms

  • اوتی‎ (ütü)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ütüg (“flatiron”), probably from *üt- (“to burn, singe”); cognate with Azerbaijani ütü, Bashkir үтек (ütek), Kazakh үтік (ütık), Kyrgyz үтүк (ütük), Tatar үтүк (ütük) and Turkmen ütük.

Noun

اوتو • (ütü)

  1. clothes iron, flatiron, a hand-held tool used to smooth out wrinkles in clothes

Derived terms

  • اوتوجی‎ (ütücü, “ironer”)
  • اوتوسز‎ (ütüsüz, “unironed”)
  • اوتولتمك‎ (ütületmek, “to make or let be ironed”)
  • اوتولمك‎ (ütülemek, “to iron, press”)
  • اوتولنمك‎ (ütülenmek, “to be ironed”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: ütü
  • → Armenian: իւթիւ (iwtʿiw), ութու (utʿu)
  • → Ladino: uti

Further reading

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