ایكنهلمك
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From ایكنه (iğne, “needle; pin”) + ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).
Verb edit
ایكنهلمك • (iğnelemek)
- (transitive) to needle, to pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture
- (transitive) to pin, pin down, pin up, to attach, secure, or fasten something with pins
Descendants edit
- Turkish: iğnelemek
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “iğnelemek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2105
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایكنهلمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 222
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایكنهلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 302