mihenk

Turkish

Alternative forms

• mehenk

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مهنك (mehenk), itself a vulgarized form of Arabic مِحَكّ (miḥakk, “touchstone”).

Noun

mihenk (definite accusative mihenği, plural mihenkler)

1. touchstone, a stone used to check the quality of gold alloys

   Synonym: denek taşı

2. criterion, a standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged

   Synonym: ölçüt

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mihenk
Definite accusative	mihenği
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mihenk	mihenkler
Definite accusative	mihenği	mihenkleri
Dative	mihenğe	mihenklere
Locative	mihenkte	mihenklerde
Ablative	mihenkten	mihenklerden
Genitive	mihenğin	mihenklerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mihenğim mihenklerim 2nd singular mihenğin mihenklerin 3rd singular mihenği mihenkleri 1st plural mihenğimiz mihenklerimiz 2nd plural mihenğiniz mihenkleriniz 3rd plural mihenkleri mihenkleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mihenğimi mihenklerimi 2nd singular mihenğini mihenklerini 3rd singular mihenğini mihenklerini 1st plural mihenğimizi mihenklerimizi 2nd plural mihenğinizi mihenklerinizi 3rd plural mihenklerini mihenklerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mihenğime mihenklerime 2nd singular mihenğine mihenklerine 3rd singular mihenğine mihenklerine 1st plural mihenğimize mihenklerimize 2nd plural mihenğinize mihenklerinize 3rd plural mihenklerine mihenklerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mihenğimde mihenklerimde 2nd singular mihenğinde mihenklerinde 3rd singular mihenğinde mihenklerinde 1st plural mihenğimizde mihenklerimizde 2nd plural mihenğinizde mihenklerinizde 3rd plural mihenklerinde mihenklerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mihenğimden mihenklerimden 2nd singular mihenğinden mihenklerinden 3rd singular mihenğinden mihenklerinden 1st plural mihenğimizden mihenklerimizden 2nd plural mihenğinizden mihenklerinizden 3rd plural mihenklerinden mihenklerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mihenğimin mihenklerimin 2nd singular mihenğinin mihenklerinin 3rd singular mihenğinin mihenklerinin 1st plural mihenğimizin mihenklerimizin 2nd plural mihenğinizin mihenklerinizin 3rd plural mihenklerinin mihenklerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular mihenğim mihenklerim 2nd singular mihenksin mihenklersin 3rd singular mihenk mihenktir mihenkler mihenklerdir 1st plural mihenğiz mihenkleriz 2nd plural mihenksiniz mihenklersiniz 3rd plural mihenkler mihenklerdir

Derived terms

• mihenge vurmak
• mihenk taşı
• mihenk yeri

 

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mihenk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3216
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mihenk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük