جبینلك

Ottoman Turkish

جبینلك

Etymology

From جبین (cibin, “gnat, midge, mosquito”) +‎ ـلك (-lik, luk).

Noun

جبینلك • (cibinlik)

1. mosquito net, a fine net that provides protection against mosquitos and other insects
2. any place where gnat, midges or mosquitos abound, like a swampy or marshy area

Descendants

• Turkish: cibinlik
• → Armenian: ճիպինլիք (čipinlikʻ), ճիպինլիկ (čipinlik), ճիպինլիխ (čipinlix)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cibinlik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 811
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جبینلك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 435
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “حبنلق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1579
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جبینلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 644