Where does “مهره‌لمك” come from?

مهره‌لمك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian مهره, from Middle Persian mwhlk' — bead, vertebra, piece.

مهره‌لمك (Ottoman Turkish): to polish, burnish, to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding

Definitions

  1. to polish, burnish, to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding

Ancestry of “مهره‌لمك”, step by step

مهره‌لمك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian مهره

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianمهرهbead; shell of a mollusk or particularly the...
2Middle Persianmwhlk'bead, vertebra, piece

via Ottoman Turkish ـلامق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلامقforms verbs from nouns or adjectives
Every word from Middle Persian mwhlk'