mortar (vessel for crushing) · mortar and pestle (Stößel) seen as a single tool · mortar (cannon for shells)
çekim: çoğul Mörsern · tamlayan Mörsers
köken: From Middle High German mörser, mörsære, from Old High German morsāri, from Proto-West Germanic *morsārī, alternative form of *mortārī (“mortar”). Doublet of Mörtel.
mortar (vessel used to grind ingredients, especially spices or pharmaceutical preparations)
çekim: çoğul γουδιά · tamlayan γουδιού
eş: καυκιά, χαβάνι
köken: From Byzantine Greek γδί(ν) (gdí(n)), from Koine Greek ἰγδίον (igdíon), diminutive of Ancient Greek ἴγδις (ígdis), of Pre-Greek origin (evidenced by cluster "-γδ-" per Beekes). Ultimate origin may be from Hurrian 𒀉𒆠 (/idki, itki/, “mortar”), from the root 𒀉 (/id-/, “to beat”). Doublet of ιγδίο (igdío).
mortar (vessel used to grind ingredients) · mortar and pestle (device)
çekim: çoğul huhmaret · tamlayan huhmaren
köken: From Proto-Finnic *humar (compare Estonian uhmer), from Proto-Finno-Permic *šumare (compare Erzya човар (čovar), Eastern Mari шуар (šuar)). The medial -h- is irregular and might have developed through an itself irregular lengthening of the -u- vowel.