menkûs
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish منكوس (menkus), from Arabic مَنْكُوس (mankūs), passive participle of نَكَسَ (nakasa, “to turn upside down”).
Adjective
menkûs (obsolete)
- upside-down; backwards
- fallen over, overturned
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “منكوس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1238
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN