كرسته

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (karāste, “ready, useful, working”), probably from the same root of ‎ (kardan, “to do, make”).

Noun

كرسته • (kereste)

timber, any wooden material used in building

Derived terms

كرسته‌جی‎ (keresteci)

Descendants

Turkish: kereste

Further reading

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كرسته”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 3899–3900
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kereste”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كرسته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1539

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