ایكنه

Ottoman Turkish

ایكنه

Alternative forms

• اكنه (iğne)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *(y)igne (“needle”); cognate with Azerbaijani iynə, Bashkir энә (enə), Chuvash йӗп (jĕp), Crimean Tatar iyne, Kazakh ине (ine), Kyrgyz ийне (iyne), Turkmen iňňe, Uyghur يىڭنە (yingne) and Uzbek igna.

Noun

ایكنه • (iğne) (definite accusative ایكنه‌یی (iğneyi), plural ایكنه‌لر (iğneler))

1. needle, a long, thin and sharp implement used in sewing, knitting and embroidery

   Synonyms: ابره (ibre), سوزن (suzen)

2. pin, a needle without an eye typically used for fastening objects or fabrics together

   Synonyms: ابره (ibre), سوزن (suzen), طوپلی ایكنه (toplu iğne)

3. thorn, prickle, prick, spicule, any small, sharp and pointed object, similar to a needle
4. stinger, sting, a pointed portion of an insect, arachnid, or arthropods used for attack

   Synonym: ابره (ibre)

5. fishhook, angle, fishing hook, a barbed hook, usually made of metal, used for fishing

   Synonyms: بالق ایكنه‌سی (balık iğnesi), زوقه (zoka)

6. style, gnomon, pointer, any needlelike component of a timepiece or measuring device
7. (nautical) pintle, a pin or bolt, usually vertical, which is used as part of a pivot or hinge

   Synonym: دومن ایكنه‌سی (dümen iğnesi)

Derived terms

• الماس ایكنه (elmas iğne, “pin ornamented with diamonds”)
• اولته ایكنه‌سی (olta iğnesi, “point of a hook”)
• ایكنه آردی (iğne ardı, “backstitch”)
• ایكنه ایپلك (iğne iplik, “skin and bones”, literally “needle and thread”)
• ایكنه دلیكی (iğne deliği, “eye of a needle”)
• ایكنه قولاغی (iğne kulağı, “eye of a needle”)
• ایكنه كوزی (iğne gözü, “eye of a needle”)
• ایكنه یاصدغی (iğne yasdığı, “pincushion”)
• ایكنه یوردیسی (iğne yurdusu, “eye of a needle”)
• ایكنه‌جك (iğnecik, “small needle or pin”)
• ایكنه‌جی (iğneci, “maker or seller of needles”)
• ایكنه‌دان (iğnedan, “needlecase”)
• ایكنه‌لتمك (iğneletmek, “to prick with needles”)
• ایكنه‌لك (iğnelik, “needlecase”)
• ایكنه‌لمك (iğnelemek, “to fix with a pin or needle”)
• ایكنه‌لنمك (iğnelenmek, “to be fixed with a pin or needle”)
• ایكنه‌لو (iğneli, “furnished with needles or pins”)
• بالق ایكنه‌سی (balık iğnesi, “fishhook”)
• دومن ایكنه‌سی (dümen iğnesi, “pintle of a rudder”)
• دیكیش ایكنه‌سی (dikiş iğnesi, “sewing needle”)
• شیش ایكنه (şiş iğne, “knitting or netting needle”)
• طاماقلو ایكنه (damaklı iğne, “fishhook”)
• طوپلی ایكنه (toplu iğne, “pin”)
• قره ایكنه (kara iğne, “compass needle”)
• پول ایكنه‌سی (pul iğnesi, “spangle-needle”)
• یورغان ایكنه‌سی (yorğan iğnesi, “large needle for quilts”)

Descendants

• Turkish: iğne
• → Armenian: իյնէ (iynē)
• → Laz: იგნე (igne)

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “ایكنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 232
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “iğne”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2104
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ایكنه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 94b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایكنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 222
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Acus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 16
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اكنه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 361
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “iğne”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایكنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 302