koltuk

Meaning

  1. armchair, seat
  2. armpit
  3. (figuratively) nepotism
  4. (slang) brothel
  5. side support
  6. stopper, a short rope for making something fast.
  7. high position

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[koɫtuk]
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قولتق (koltuk, “armpit; armchair”), from a development of Proto-Turkic *kol (“upper arm”).

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