caraskal

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جر اثقال (cerr-i eskâl, “jack, crane, derrick”), from Arabic جَرّ (jarr, “pulling, drawing, dragging”) + أَثْقَال (ʔaṯqāl), plural of ثِقْل (ṯiql, “weight, burden, load”). === Noun === caraskal (definite accusative caraskalı, plural caraskallar) synonym of palanga (“block and tackle”) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “caraskal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “caraskal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 757