ایكنه‌لمك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From ایكنه (iğne, “needle; pin”) +‎ ـلمك (-lemek, suffix forming infinitives from nouns or adjectives).

Verb

ایكنه‌لمك • (iğnelemek)

1. (transitive) to needle, to pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture
2. (transitive) to pin, pin down, pin up, to attach, secure, or fasten something with pins

Descendants

• Turkish: iğnelemek

Further reading

• 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