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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

iskele.

wharf, pier, quay, dock, jetty, any artificial landing place for ships on a shore or bank

6 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. wharf, pier, quay, dock, jetty, any artificial landing place for ships on a shore or bank

  2. gangway, an articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or ship

  3. larboard, port, the left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow

  4. scaffold, scaffolding, staging, a structure made of wood or tubes on which workers stand

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اسكله (iskele), from Italian scala.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.