دكنك
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *tegnek (“stick, cane”), a development of *teg- (“to reach, achieve, touch”), whence دگمك (değmek, “to reach; to hit, strike”). Cognate with Azerbaijani dəyənək and Turkmen degenek.
Noun
editدگنك • (değenek)
- stick, wand, cane, an elongated piece of wood, typically put to some use
- ferule, a ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap children on the hand
- Synonym: صوپه (sopa)
- bastinado, a blow with a cudgel or stick, or a beating with sticks
Derived terms
edit- ال دگنكی (el değeneği, “staff, wand”)
- دگنك اورمق (değenek urmak, “to strike with a stick”)
- دگنكجی (değenekci, “batoneer”)
- دگنكلی (değenekli, “provided with a stick”)
- قولتق دگنكی (koltuk değeneği, “crutch”)
- چوبان دگنكی (çoban değeneği, “crook; knotgrass”)
Descendants
edit- Turkish: değnek
- → Armenian: դագանակ (daganak), տէյնէկ (tēynēk), դա̈գա̈նա̈կ (dägänäk), դըգյա̈նա̈կ (dəgyänäk), դիգյա̈նա̈կ (digyänäk), դըգյանակ (dəgyanak), դիգյանակ (digyanak) — dialectal
- → Georgian: დოღანაგი (doɣanagi)
- → Greek: δεκανίκι (dekaníki)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Further reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “değnek1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1132
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “دكنك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 227a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دكنك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 577
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Baculus”, 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 112
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دكنك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 2113
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “değnek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دكنك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 910