Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic خَانِق (ḵāniq).

Adjective edit

خانق (hanık)

  1. choking, strangling, suffocating, stifling, that chokes, strangles, or suffocates
    Synonym: بوغان (boğan)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: hanık

Further reading edit