دردست
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian در (dar, “in”) and دست (dast, “hand”).
Adjective
دردست • (derdest)
- in hand
- at hand, at the ready
Noun
دردست • (derdest)
- arrest
- دردست ایتمك ― derdest etmek ― to arrest
- Synonym: یاقالامه (yakalama)
Descendants
- Turkish: derdest
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “دردست”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 568b
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “derdest”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN