kereste - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

keres +‎ -te

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛrɛʃtɛ]
• Hyphenation: ke‧res‧te

kereste

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of keres

   A többieket kereste. ― He/she was looking for the others.

   Valaki kereste önt. ― Somebody was looking for you. (formal)

kereste

1. verbal participle of keres

   a maga kereste pénz ― the money earned by himself/herself (literally, “the himself/herself-earned money”)

From Ottoman Turkish كرسته (kereste, “timber; building material”), from Persian كراسته.

kereste (definite accusative keresteyi, plural keresteler)

1. (woodworking) timber, lumber

• keresteci

• kâr

• → Romanian: cherestea

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kereste”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرسته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1539