matkap

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مثقب (miskab), from Arabic مِثْقَب (miṯqab, “drill”).

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matkap (definite accusative matkabı, plural matkaplar)

1. borer, drill, gimlet, auger, any instrument used for drilling

   Synonym: burgu

2. bit, a rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes

• matkap ucu

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “matkap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3080
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “matkap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük