دیكن

Ottoman Turkish edit

دیكنلر

Alternative forms edit

دكن (diken)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teken, *tikgen, itself from the root *tik- (“to stick something sharp or pointed, to stab; to sew”). From the same root are دیكمك (dikmek, “to sew, stitch”), دیكمه (dikme, “prop or shore”) and دیكیش (dikiş, “stitch, seam, splice”).

Noun edit

دیكن • (diken)

(botany) thorn, a protective spine of a plant
Synonyms: خار (har), شوك (şevk)
any slender, sharp object, such as a bee's sting or a fishbone
Synonym: (fishbone) قیلچق (qılçık)
(by extension) any thorny plant
(figuratively) persistent source of anxiety, troublesome obstacle

Derived terms edit

آری دیكنی (arı dikeni, “stinger”)
آق دیكن (ak diken, “hawthorn”)
اشك دیكنی (eşek dikeni, “cotton thistle”)
بوغا دیكنی (boğa dikeni, “milk thistle”)
دوه دیكنی (deve dikeni, “camelthorn”)
دیكنسز (dikensiz, “thornless, spineless”)
دیكنلك (dikenlik, “plant with many thorns”)
دیكنلنمك (dikenlenmek, “to become a thorn”)
دیكنلو (dikenli, “thorny, prickly”)

Descendants edit

Turkish: diken