köken: Inherited from Middle French niche, from Old French niche, deverbal of nichier (“make a nest”), from an unattested verb *nīdicāre, from Latin nīdus (“nest”).
niche · niche a function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited · any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business: a specialty
çekim: çoğul nichos
köken: Borrowed from French niche, from Old French niche, from nichier (“make a nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”).
booth (a boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth) · cabin (a private room on a ship) · compartment (a room, or section, or chamber, typically on a train)
çekim: çoğul fülkék
köken: From fül (“recess, hiding place”) + -ke (diminutive suffix). First attested in 1649.
A furrow, channel, groove, hollow. · A fold of drapery, pleat.
çekim: çoğul striae · tamlayan striae
köken: From Proto-Italic *strig-jā, from what looks like a cross of Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to brush, strip, shear”) and Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“to draw, tie”). Cognate to Latin striga, Latin stringō, English streak, German Striemen (“streak, stripe”), Old High German strimo, Dutch striem.
ravine, defile · groove; long and deep depression in the terrain (frequently applied to old Roman open air mines and Iron Age hill-fort ditches)
çekim: çoğul grobas
köken: Attested as (illa) grova in Medieval Latin local documents. From Suevic or Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “dugout, hole, cave”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“cavity, pit”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”).