mihver

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محور (mihver), from Arabic مِحْوَر (miḥwar).

Noun

mihver (definite accusative mihveri, plural mihverler) (archaic)

  1. pivot
  2. axle
  3. axis
    Synonym: eksen

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mihver”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1768
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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