ماناوله

ماناوله

Ottoman Turkish

ماناوله

Alternative forms

• مانله‎ (manela)

Etymology

From Italian manovella (“handle; crank”).

Noun

ماناوله • (manavela)

1. handspike, a bar or lever used in a windlass or capstan for various purposes

   Holonym: ارغات‎ (ırgat)

Descendants

• → Armenian: մանէլա (manēla)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ماناوله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663