Where does “پركارلامق” come from?

پركارلامق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian پرگار, from Arabic بركار — pair of compasses.

پركارلامق (Ottoman Turkish): to compass, to encircle, surround, or measure with a pair of compasses

Definitions

  1. to compass, to encircle, surround, or measure with a pair of compasses

Ancestry of “پركارلامق”, step by step

پركارلامق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian پرگار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپرگارpair of compasses
2Arabicبركارpair of compasses

via Ottoman Turkish ـلامق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلامقforms verbs from nouns or adjectives
Every word from Arabic بركار →