Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Turkish term or phrase:
tekerleğin rondu
English translation:
rod
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Nov 20, 2011 14:32
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Turkish term
tekerleğin rondu
Turkish to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
from a short story by Sabahattin Ali, it flies off of the car, but I cannot find anywhere what a 'rond' is
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 | rod |
Selcuk Akyuz
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| 4 | rondela |
İbrahim Okan Sarıırmak
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References
| In support of okanist's answer |
Tim Drayton
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Selcuk Akyuz
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rod
Not sure but it looks like a colloquial usage of rod.
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| I agree, it fits in the context |
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Comment: "thanks, this story isn't too old, but it has a lot of strange words"
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İbrahim Okan Sarıırmak
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rondela
The word 'rondela' comes from Italian language, it is the round which is attached to cap screw. Probably rond is abbrevation of this term.
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| thanks for your answer Okanist |
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Tim Drayton
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In support of okanist's answer
If you examine the following, taken from the list of truck spare parts whose URL is shown below, you will see that 'rond' does indeed seem to serve as an abbreviation for 'rondela' (which is a washer as far as I know):
4M58127 PİNYON DİŞLİ RONDELASI
4M58127-5 M PİN.DİŞLİ ROND(2.35)
4M58128 PİNYON DİŞLİ RONDELASI
4M58127 PİNYON DİŞLİ RONDELASI
4M58127-5 M PİN.DİŞLİ ROND(2.35)
4M58128 PİNYON DİŞLİ RONDELASI
Discussion
Can it be the short for "round"? :-)