levha

Turkish

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) lâvha

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لوحه (levha), itself from Arabic لَوْحَة (lawḥa, “plank, board, blackboard”).

Noun

levha (definite accusative levhayı, plural levhalar)

1. inscription hung on a wall, signboard

   Synonym: safiha

2. painting, picture

   Synonyms: resim, tablo

3. large metal plate made of lead, zinc or other material
4. roughly sawn timber used in carpentry

Declension

Declension of levha

	singular	plural
nominative	levha	levhalar
definite accusative	levhayı	levhaları
dative	levhaya	levhalara
locative	levhada	levhalarda
ablative	levhadan	levhalardan
genitive	levhanın	levhaların

Derived terms

• levhacı
• levhacık
• levhamsı
• levhateyn
• serlevha

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “levha”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2959
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “levha”, in Nişanyan Sözlük