گوگرجینلك

From گوگرجین‎ (güvercin, “rock dove, pigeon”) +‎ ـلك‎ (-lik, luk).

گوگرجینلك • (güvercinlik)

1. (historical) dovecote, a tower-like structure in which pigeons were kept
2. pepperbox, a tower capped by a cupola, looking similar to a giant pepper shaker
3. Martello tower, a short, sturdy, round masonry fort, usually built along the coast
4. (nautical) small locker in the extreme stern of a Bosporus caique

• Turkish: güvercinlik
• → Armenian: կիւվէրճինլիխ (kiwvērčinlix)

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “güvercinlik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1815
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “گوگرجینلك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1056
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• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “گوگرجینلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1597