oturak

Meaning

1. A place or thing meant for sitting.
2. A low stool, often without a back or armrest.
3. The base of a thing; bottom, foot.

Concepts

stool

commode

Translations

vase de nuit

pot de chambre

Hocker

Nachttopf

σκαμνί

σκίμπους

tabouret

tabouret-bar

sgabello

rûniştek

barkruk

kruk

banco

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/o.tuˈɾak/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: اوتوراق

Cognate with Albanian: oturak

Cognate with Azerbaijani: oturaq

Cognate with Kyrgyz: отургуч

Cognate with Turkmen: oturgyç

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوتوراق (oturaḳ, “taking a rest, the place of a halt, a permanent residence, any seat, the part on which a person or item sits, bottom”), from Ottoman Turkish اوتورمق (oturmaḳ, “to sit, to incubate, to live, to remain in a place, to ascend the throne, to go ashore”), from Old Turkic 𐰆𐰞𐰺 (ul¹r¹), from Proto-Turkic *oltur- or Proto-Turkic *olur- (“to sit”), morphologically otur- + -ak. Cognates with Albanian oturak, Azerbaijani oturaq, Kyrgyz отургуч (oturguc), Turkmen oturgyç.