لورطه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Unknown. In several dictionaries it is stated that this word is of Italian origin, even though the precise derivation is still unclear.

Noun

لورطه • (lorta)

last, a tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes

Descendants

Turkish: lorta

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lorta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2980
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لورطه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1083
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lorta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لورطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1643

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