سكی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • سكو (sekü)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sekü (dais, platform); cognate with Azerbaijani səki, Bashkir һике (hike), Chuvash сак (sak), Hungarian szék, Kyrgyz секи (seki), Tatar сәке (säke) and Turkmen seki.

Noun

سكی • (seki)

  1. (architecture) pedestal, the base of a column or pillar
    Synonym: كرسی (kürsi)
  2. raised bank of earth in a tent serving as a couch, dais

Descendants

  • Turkish: seki

Further reading

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