poyra

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پویرا (poyra, “nave, hub of the wheel”), from Greek πορεία (poreía, “course, track, direction of movement”).

poyra (definite accusative poyrayı, plural poyralar)

1. hub, nave, the central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel

   Synonym: göbek

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “poyra2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3889