plate (slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten) · cymbal (concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck) · croup (top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped)
çekim: çoğul lautaset · tamlayan lautasen
köken: lauta (“(wooden) board”) + -nen (diminutive). First attested in Ericus Schroderus: Lexicon Latino-Scondicum ("Latin-Scandinavian Dictionary", 1637) as lautainen. * (plate): Originally in reference to wooden plates. Compare also Karelian laudane, which can mean “wooden disc” in some dialects. * (cymbal): By extension from “plate”.