towel (cloth used for wiping) · napkin · briefcase
çekim: çoğul serviettes
eş: essuie-main, serviette de table, drap de bain, drap de douche, serviette de bain, serviette de douche
köken: From servir + -ette.
aile: mélanger les torchons et les serviettes, rond de serviette, serviette à mains, serviette de bain, serviette de douche, serviette de plage, serviette de table, serviette de toilette, serviette hygiénique, serviette-éponge
köken: Etymology tree French servir Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French serviette Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Polish serwetka From French serviette + Polish -ka.
napkin, table napkin, serviette (a piece of cloth made of linen or damask used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating) · tablecloth (a cloth used to cover and protect a table)
a napkin; a serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while
çekim: çoğul serbet-serbet
köken: Borrowed from Dutch servet, from Middle French serviette.
aile: menyerbeti, serbet koktail
Etimoloji
Said by the Roman author Quintilian to be of Punic origin, perhaps from Phoenician 𐤌𐤀𐤐 (mʾp /mappē/), from Proto-Semitic *manpay, *manpiy- (“fine cloth, sieve”). Compare Israeli Hebrew מַפָּה (mappā́, “a map; a cloth”).