دوه دیكنی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of دوه (deve, “camel”) +‎ دیكن (diken, “thorn”).

Noun

دوه دیكنی • (deve dikeni)

1. camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum)

Descendants

• → Armenian: տեվե թիքենի (teve tʻikʻeni)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دوه دیكنی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 593
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دوه دیكنی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, columns 2111–2112
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوه دیكنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 929