اشك دیكنی
Ottoman Turkish
اشك دیكن
Etymology
Compound of اشك (eşek, “donkey, ass”) + دیكن (diken, “thorn”).
Noun
اشك دیكنی • (eşek dikeni)
- cotton thistle, any of various plants in the genus Onopordum
Descendants
- Turkish: eşek dikeni
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “eşek dikeni”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1497
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اشك دیكنی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 98
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اشك دیكنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 122