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kasnak.

hoop, a circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/kasˈnak/
  1. hoop, a circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework

  2. tambour, embroidery hoop, a circular frame used to keep fabric taut whil working embroidery

  3. tholobate, drum, tambour, the encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola

  4. drum, tambour, any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a column

  5. pulley, sheave, a wheel made of iron in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object

  6. the waist-length part of the kisbet worn by wrestlers practicing oil wrestling

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاصناق (kasnak, “tambour, embroidery hoop”), ultimately from a development of Proto-Turkic *kas- (“to tighten”).

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