kelepçe

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كلبچه (kelepçe), a metathesis of بیلكجه (bilekçe) (whence modern Turkish bilekçe). By surface analysis, bilek (“wrist”) +‎ -çe (nominalizing diminutive suffix). Nişanyan says the view that the word comes from Ottoman Turkish كلب (keleb, “spool, skein, ball of yarn”) (from Persian کلاف (kalâf)), which was introduced by Ahmed Vefik Paşa, is erroneous, and notes that he himself showed it as the correct view until 2018. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ceˈlep.t͡ʃe/ Hyphenation: ke‧lep‧çe === Noun === kelepçe (definite accusative kelepçeyi, plural kelepçeler) handcuffs Synonym: bilekçe ==== Declension ==== === References === Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كلنیچه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1561 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kelepçe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük === Further reading === “kelepçe”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kelepçe”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “turnusol”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2531